Current Event Articles

NASA Believes Test Jet Hit 5,000-Mph Mark <Tab/>
<Tab/>
Add Science - AP to My Yahoo!
By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES - Three years after its first test flight ended in an explosion, NASA on Saturday successfully launched an experimental jet that the agency believes reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph.
The unpiloted X-43A made an 11-second powered flight, then went through some twists and turns during a six-minute glide before plunging into the Pacific Ocean about 400 miles off the California coast.
"It was fun all the way…