It's official. Guinness World Records has recognized the world
speed record set by NASA's hypersonic X-43A aircraft earlier this
year in an experimental flight over the Pacific Ocean. Using a
scramjet engine, the unpiloted, 12 foot-long aircraft achieved Mach
6.83 -- almost seven times the speed of sound - - or nearly 5,000
mph, in a flight on March 27th.
Navy Names Training Facility For Fallen Astronauts
Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute (NAMI) dedicated and named
its new Aerospace Medicine Academic Center Aug. 13 in honor of
fallen Navy physician-astronauts from the space shuttle Columbia,
Capt. Laurel B. Clark and Capt. David M. Brown.
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