Tests of X-43A Low-Speed Model Begin
NASA Langley Research Center and Accurate Automation of Chattanooga, Tenn., have made the first flight of a model to study low-speed handling of the X-43A Hyper-X hypersonic scramjet testbed (AW&ST Nov. 17, p. 25). The full-scale 12 ft. X 7.1-ft. span, 212-lb. X-43A LS (low-speed) model is powered...
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