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X-43A Record Speed Flight Commemorated

NASA’s X-43A experimental aircraft set the world speed record for a jet-powered aircraft 20 years ago on Nov. 16, 2004. The flight demonstrated that an advanced form of air-breathing jet could power an aircraft at Mach 9.6, or nearly 7,000 mph, as it flew over the Pacific Ocean west of California. The flight originated from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. A supersonic combustion ramjet engine gets its oxygen from the atmosphere allowing more airplane-like operations for increased affordability, flexibility, and safety. NASA is interested in hypersonic research for improving space access and future routine flight across the globe. Click here for the latest on NASA’s hypersonic research.