Image: X-51A Makes Longest Scramjet Flight
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 09:21
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- The X-51A successfully made the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight to date off the southern California coast on May 26. It was powered by a SJX61-2 that was first validated in a NASA wind tunnel.