What if the future of space travel were to look less like Space-X's rocket-based Starship and more like NASA's "Hyper-X," the hypersonic jet plane that, 20 years ago this year, flew faster than any ...

Key Points - NASA's X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, part of the "Hyper-X" program, still holds the world record for an air-breathing aircraft, achieving a speed of Mach 9.64 (6,363 mph) in its ...

The Air Force may revive a shuttered wind tunnel to test hypersonic systems in realistic atmospheric conditions, according to a recent offer published on the government contracting site. The service’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — The Department of Defense announced Monday the United States successfully completed two test flights of a reusable ...

Just a couple of decades ago, aviation had some rules. If you wanted to fly fast within the atmosphere, you used a jet engine. The champion here was the SR-71 Blackbird, designed by Lockheed Martin, ...

This Is Strange: The X-43A Hyper-X was NASA’s groundbreaking scramjet-powered experimental aircraft, setting records in 2004 by reaching speeds close to Mach 10. Despite its success, the U.S.