LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared over the Pacific Ocean Tuesday to demonstrate a radical new engine technology by attempting to fly at a record speed of about 7,000 mph, ...

For decades, the SR-71 Blackbird stood as the pinnacle of American aerospace engineering, a reconnaissance aircraft so fast and so high-flying that no missile ever caught it. Now, more than 25 years ...

The Langley Research Center maintained an active hypersonic research program from the early days of the formation of NASA in 1958. The goals of the Hypersonic Research Engine (HRE) project, which ...