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Topic: Russian rocket (HFL/Kholod) lands in UK garden
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-27-2015 09:10 PM
   
A Russian rocket, which was once the fastest machine in the Earth's atmosphere, has been installed in a private garden in a Wiltshire (UK) village, the BBC reports. The Hypersonic Flying Laboratory, known as Kholod, was bought at auction for £38,000 by Rory Sweet.He said he had to buy it because it was "the coolest thing I had ever seen." The rocket, once capable of flying at almost 5,000mph (8,000km/h), has been restored and set in place in his garden in Sherston. The Kholod, an experimental scramjet engine, was a joint project between the Soviet Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and NASA. A NASA-sponsored test mission, which featured an upgraded engine supplied by KBKhA lifted off on February 12, 1998. With the goal of reaching a speed of Mach 6.5, the Kholod vehicle accelerated from Mach 3 to around Mach 6.41-6.47, after successfully firing for record-breaking 77 seconds at a maximum altitude of 27.1 kilometers.  |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-28-2015 08:06 AM
That is one cool rocket! | |
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