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DescriptionX-43A.jpg	English: A modified Pegasus rocket ignites moments after release from the B-52B, beginning the acceleration of the X-43A over the Pacific Ocean on March 27, 2004. The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerate after launch from NASA's B-52B launch aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on March 27, 2004. The mission originated from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Minutes later the X-43A separated from the Pegasus booster and accelerated to its intended speed of Mach 7.
Date	27 March 2004
Source	https://images.nasa.gov/details/EC04-0092-32
Author	NASA/Jim Ross

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current	19:46, 6 July 2024		3,000 × 2,351 (9.9 MB)	Caddyshack01	Higher resolution and better quality image
	18:24, 15 January 2006		650 × 398 (46 KB)	Maksim	La bildo estas kopiita de wikipedia:en. La originala priskribo estas: The Pegasus booster accelerating a X-43A after launch - March 27, 2004. Photo from Nasa.gov - [http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-43A/HTML/EC04-0092-32.html Original].<br> {{PD-

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Image title	The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerate after launch from NASA's B-52B launch aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on March 27, 2004. The mission originated from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Minutes later the X-43A separated from the Pegasus booster and accelerated to its intended speed of Mach 7. In a combined research effort involving Dryden, Langley, and several industry partners, NASA demonstrated the value of its X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, as it became the first air-breathing, unpiloted, scramjet-powered plane to fly freely by itself. The March 27 flight, originating from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, began with the Agency's B-52B launch aircraft carrying the X-43A out to the test range over the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The X-43A was boosted up to its test altitude of about 95,000 feet, where it separated from its modified Pegasus booster and flew freely under its own power. Two very significant aviation milestones occurred during this test flight: first, controlled accelerating flight at Mach 7 under scramjet power, and second, the successful stage separation at high dynamic pressure of two non-axisymmetric vehicles. To top it all off, the flight resulted in the setting of a new aeronautical speed record. The X-43A reached a speed of over Mach 7, or about 5,000 miles per hour faster than any known aircraft powered by an air-breathing engine has ever flown.
Camera manufacturer	NIKON
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Author	NASA/Jim Ross
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Headline	A modified Pegasus rocket ignites moments after release from the B-52B, beginning the acceleration of the X-43A over the Pacific Ocean on March 27, 2004
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Date and time of data generation	27 March 2004
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Date metadata was last modified	06:11, 10 July 2017
Date and time of digitizing	02:39, 4 March 2009
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Keywords	X-43A X-43 Hyper-X scramjet takeoff launch flight 2 hypersonic research vehicle Pegasus booster rocket B-52 B-52B mach 7
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