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Boeing Expertise Fuels X-43A Hypersonic Research Flights
The flight of NASA's X-43A at seven times the speed of sound got a lift from Boeing research expertise with hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft. On Saturday, a NASA Dryden Flight Research Center B-52 aircraft flown from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., carried the X-43A off the California coast, where it was launched just before 2 p.m. PST over the Pacific Ocean mounted on a booster rocket.
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