The University of Queensland’s Scramspace hypersonic experiment ended in failure today as the unmanned spacecraft plummeted into the North Sea off the coast of Norway. After a successful launch atop a rocket from the Andøya Rocket Range at 3 PM CEDT, Scramspace failed to reach the required altitude to begin the hypersonic flight experiment... Continue Reading Scramspace flight ends in failure
Section: Space
Tags: Launch, Norway, Scramjet, Spacecraft, University of Queensland
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