Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Hyper-X Launch Vehicle was successfully launched on Saturday, March 27 in a flight test that originated from NASA’s Dryden Flight ...

Guinness World Records has officially recognized NASA's X-43A Hyper-X program for setting the speed record for a jet-powered aircraft. The unpiloted, 12-foot-long scramjet demonstrator reached Mach ...

HAMPTON, Va. -- They call it a "scramjet," an engine so blindingly fast that it could carry an airplane from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., in about 20 minutes -- or even quicker. So fast it could ...

A NASA research jet sets a new air speed record for air-breathing engines by traveling nearly 7,000 mph, or 10 times the speed of sound. The space agency's X-43A "scramjet" flew over the Pacific Ocean ...

NASA’s third X-43A hypersonic research mission has been scrubbed for today due to technical glitches with X-43A instrumentation. When the issues were addressed, not enough time remained in the launch ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved funding for research on new technology that could one day allow planes to travel anywhere in the world within two hours. The $25 million research ...

Today scramjet propulsion is the subject of continued study, as it appears to be one of the most promising methods of powering hypersonic weapons and aircraft. So, you may be surprised to learn that ...

NASA's unmanned X-43A "scramjet" broke the aircraft speed record for the second time this year yesterday, streaking flawlessly across clear blue Pacific skies at nearly 10 times the speed of sound to ...

or weeks. No new flight date has yet been scheduled. The X-43A is powered by a revolutionary supersonic-combustion ramjet – or "scramjet" – engine. It is part of the Hyper-X hypersonic research ...

NASA is optimistic that the Mach 9.6-plus speed record set by the third and final X-43A air-breathing scramjet (supersonic-combustion ramjet) on 16 November, will reinforce its urgent attempts to keep ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Had the X-24C been successful in testing, America would likely have leveraged scramjet technology in more platforms. Today scramjet propulsion is the subject of ...