This illustration depicts the Defense Advanced Research Products Agency’s (DARPA) Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle as it emerges from its rocket nose cone and prepares to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. DARPA has conducted two test flights of the vehicle; in the second, in 2011, the HTV reached a speed of Mach 20 before losing control. (Image courtesy of DARPA)
| Date Taken: | 08.01.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 09.20.2018 07:03 |
| Photo ID: | 4756737 |
| VIRIN: | 180920-A-A4416-002 |
| Resolution: | 2051x1400 |
| Size: | 296.69 KB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 760 |
| Downloads: | 127 |
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