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X-48B Reveals Unusual Engine Placement and Supercritical Airfoil
X-48B Reveals Unusual Engine Placement and Supercritical Airfoil

This closeup of Boeing Phantom Works’ unique X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator showed off its unusual engine placement and…

Second X-43A Vehicle Within its Protective Shipping Jig
Second X-43A Vehicle Within its Protective Shipping Jig

The second of three X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, shown here in its protective shipping jig, arrived at NASA’s Dryden Flight…

X-43A Dress Rehearsal for Free Flight
X-43A Dress Rehearsal for Free Flight

The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52 mothership, had…

Captive-Carry Evaluation: X-43A and Pegasus Booster
Captive-Carry Evaluation: X-43A and Pegasus Booster

Hitching a ride on the same B-52 mothership that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA’s X-43A scramjet…

X-48B Shows Off its Spin Parachute Tail Stinger
X-48B Shows Off its Spin Parachute Tail Stinger

With its spin parachute tail stinger extending aft, Boeing’s sub-scale X-48B BWB technology demonstrator showed off its clean semi-triangular shape.

First Captive-Carry Flight of X-43A and Pegasus Booster Rocket
First Captive-Carry Flight of X-43A and Pegasus Booster Rocket

The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52 mothership, had…

Nose-On View of X-43A Stack
Nose-On View of X-43A Stack

The small size of the X-43A scramjet was evident in this nose-on view while mounted to its modified Pegasus booster…

Second X-43A and Pegasus Booster Rocket Carried Aloft by B-52
Second X-43A and Pegasus Booster Rocket Carried Aloft by B-52

The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket left the runway, carried aloft by NASA’s B-52B…

Awaiting First in a Series of Development Flights
Awaiting First in a Series of Development Flights

Pathfinder on lakebed preparing for test flight.

B-52 with F/A-18 Chase and X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle
B-52 with F/A-18 Chase and X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle

With the X-43A and its booster rocket tucked under its right wing, NASA’s B-52B mothership climbed out after takeoff on…