The way history unfolded means we humans have specific ideas of how certain things are supposed to work. Cars should have four wheels, motorcycles two, and the best way to shoot a spacecraft off the ...

Dawn Aerospace's robotic space plane flew with a rocket engine for the first time last month, taking a major step toward the company's goal of building a fully and rapidly reusable craft. Last week, ...

In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has finally accomplished something that's never been done before: lit the fuse ...

European aerospace giant EADS June 19 unveiled its "Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation" (Zehst) rocket plane that it hopes will be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours by around 2050. "I ...

SpaceX’s innovative Starship system was already the biggest and most powerful the world has ever seen—and after six exciting test flights, the version that rocketed into the skies above South Texas ...

YOU CAN’T APPRECIATE ART. JUST ANOTHER DAY AT WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, WHERE STUDENTS AND PLANES WALK THE QUAD. BIG LEFT TURN, BOTH MOVING TOWARD THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. IT’S OKAY. WE LEARN FROM ...

Key Points and Summary - The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft that pushed human flight to the edge of space and deep into the hypersonic regime. -Air-launched from a B-52, three X-15s flew ...

Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world’s largest airplane. Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five ...

The Mk-II Aurora aims to become the first plane to fly to space twice a day. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dawn Aerospace's ...