US students to push hypersonic boundaries with new spacecraft on NASA rocket mission
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University of Virginia students are developing HEDGE, a foot-long glider designed to collect hypersonic reentry data. The experiment, launching on a NASA rocket in August, aims to provide affordable spacecraft technology for testing future hypersonic aircraft designs, potentially saving millions in research costs.
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