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Edwards - June 6, 2001 NASA today convened a board to determine the cause of Saturday's loss of the first X-43A unpiloted hypersonic research aircraft. Gathering at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Calif., the board consists of members from other agency centers, including:
The booster was intentionally destroyed using onboard flight-termination explosives, and fell safely in a cleared Navy sea range. There were no injuries and no damage to other aircraft or property. This mission was the first of three flights to demonstrate an airframe-integrated, "air-breathing" propulsion system design, called a scramjet, which so far has only been tested in ground facilities, such as wind tunnels.
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X-43A To Go Hyposonic Today
Dulles - June 2, 2001Orbital Sciences will launch NASA's "Hyper-X" research aircraft the X-43A on June 2, 2001 at a targeted launch time of 1.30pm PDT. The X-43A will be boosted to a predetermined altitude and velocity by a modified Pegasus rocket launched from NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft off the coast of California.
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