Waverider Prepares for Second Flight

June 21, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE

Ground crew members at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., make the final checks June 13, 2011, to the X-51A Waverider scramjet prior to its second test flight. Affixed to a B-52H Stratofortress, the Waverider was flown over the Pacific Ocean and launched. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)