An experimental US Air Force aircraft set a record for hypersonic flight Thursday by flying over 3 minutes at Mach 6, which is six times the speed of sound.

Fifty years ago in 1959, test pilot Scott Crossfield threw the switch to ignite the twin XLR-11 engines of his North American Aviation X-15 rocket plane and begin the storied test program's first powered flight.

Residents living in Greenland say the 1968 crash of a B-52 aircraft, armed with nuclear warheads, has left a lasting legacy.

If it feels like ages since the B-52's released a new album, welcome to the party, because it seems the same way to singer Fred Schneider. "We recorded `Love Shack' 19 years ago, which is just surreal," Schneider says by phone from Philadelphia, at the start of band's latest tour.

THE B-52'S "Funplex" (Astralwerks) 3 stars When the B-52's turned "Saturday Night Live" upside down in 1979 with its performance of the gleefully absurd "Rock Lobster," it was immediately apparent we were witnessing something completely original in the pop music world.