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Australian hypersonic plane completes first test flight at five times speed of sound
An Australian-made hypersonic aircraft reached five times the speed of sound in a test scientists say will forge the future of air travel.
- Michael Koziol
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Hypersonic aircraft completes first test flight
The DART was launched by a booster rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Failure to launch: Australian scramjet test flight delayed in US
Bad weather on the east coast of the United States has delayed the test launch of a Queensland hypersonic scramjet capable of travelling at 12 times the speed of sound.
- Cameron Atfield
‘That’s not a knife’: Australian scramjet to launch in US this month
A Brisbane-based hypersonics start-up is preparing to go suborbital, with a launch window later this month to test its scramjet technology over the Atlantic Ocean.
- Cameron Atfield
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‘Safe and in good spirits’: Astronauts splash back to Earth in NASA’s first medical evacuation
The crew returning from the International Space Station were greeted by dolphins after splashing into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on Thursday evening (AEDT).
- Daniel Lo Surdo and Marcia Dunn
NASA to bring astronaut home in first-ever space medical evacuation
The astronaut will return with the three other members of their mission, called Crew-11, which launched to the International Space Station in August.
- Loren Grush and Danny Lee
Adam wants to live on the moon – and he’s spending millions to get there
In a Gold Coast factory, former banker and gymnast Adam Gilmour is working on a rocket design that could take a slice of Elon Musk’s SpaceX business.
- Liam Mannix
Ground control to Kim Kardashian: We’ve been to the moon six times
When the reality star said on TV that she believed a well-worn conspiracy theory, the head of NASA himself felt compelled to set the record straight.
- Rich McKay
Fast and green: $46 million boost for Australian hypersonic pioneer
Brisbane-based start-up Hypersonix will demonstrate its homegrown hydrogen-powered scramjet technology at NASA in January.
- Cameron Atfield
This $10 billion telescope was taking blurry pictures. Sydney students fixed it
The extraordinary James Webb Space Telescope had a major problem before two young scientists unlocked its full potential.
- Angus Dalton