Hypersonic Technology

Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Hypersonic Technology
A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first flights at hypersonic speeds – greater than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound – when mounted to two research rockets launching this summer. Technicians in the Environmental Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center […]
Posted June 18, 2025
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Vehicles that travel at hypersonic speeds fly faster than five times the speed of sound. NASA studies the fundamental science of hypersonics to understand it better and applies this understanding to enable point-to-point and space access hypersonic vehicles. These vehicles would use airbreathing engines, which utilize oxygen in the atmosphere.
Posted June 21, 2024
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Technical Challenges (TCs) are finite-duration research and development endeavors supporting the strategic goals of NASA.
Posted June 21, 2024
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
The Hypersonic Technology project is divided into four research topic areas. The first research topic is system-level design, analysis, and validation, which explores the impacts of technologies on vehicle performance.
Posted June 21, 2024
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Owing to NASA’s Quesst mission and Commercial Supersonic Technology project, there is growing industry interest in commercial aircraft that fly faster than the speed of sound. In 2020, NASA funded two independent studies to investigate the economic viability of this potential market for high-speed commercial flight.
Posted June 19, 2024
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