credit Courtesy of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
A Mach 7 wind tunnel test of the full-scale X-43A model with spare flight engine takes place in Langley’s 8-foot-high temperature tunnel.
credit Courtesy of Jim Ross/NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
A modified Pegasus rocket ignites moments after release from the B-52B, beginning the acceleration of the X-43A over the Pacific Ocean.
credit Courtesy of Tony Landis/NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
The second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle can be seen mounted under the right wing of the B-52B launch aircraft, viewed from the B-52 cockpit.
