Air Force officials said the X-51A Waverider successfully made its first scramjet-powered hypersonic flight May 26 after being released by a B-52 bomber off the southern California coast. Four X-51A cruisers have been built for the Air Force Research Laboratory by Boeing and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. (Courtesy image)
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