NASA awards design contract for ISTAR hypersonic engine
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has awarded the first design contract for the Integrated System Test of an Air-breathing Rocket (ISTAR) - the hybrid engine that could power the X-43B hypersonic demonstrator by decade's end. The $16.6 million contract, awarded Jan. 4, is...
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