America built the X-15 to get flight data in the unknown between airplanes and spacecraft. -The rocket-powered, Inconel-X research plane, air-dropped from a B-52 and driven by a throttleable XLR99, ...

Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 Son of Blackbird or “Darkstar” aims to replace the SR-71 with hypersonic ISR—and possibly strike—using a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) that blends a turbofan for ...

Indian Air Force (IAF) is on the cusp of a transformation that could tilt the aerial balance of power in South Asia for ...

If it proves successful, CNTR could allow future vehicles to travel farther using less fuel. Traditional chemical engines ...

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the ...

That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...

In unveiling the decision, Trump even seemed to joke that Huntsville will forver be known going forward as "Rocket City" – a nickname it's long had. "Rocket City" is far from the only US locale with a ...

4321 engines full power and lift off, go Starlink, go SpaceX. Vehicles pitching down range. Stage one propulsion is nominal. Power and telemetry nominal. Vehicles supersonic. Max Q Impact chill is ...

In Florida, we can best see a rocket launch in person if you're anywhere on the Space Coast or certain spots in Volusia County. Weather permitting and depending on clouds, a SpaceX rocket launch in ...

A “so Florida” thing to do is coming up: a SpaceX rocket launch. SpaceX plans to send a Falcon 9 rocket with several Starlink satellites into orbit this weekend. And depending on weather and ...

Rocket Lab’s pivot from small launch darling to serious SpaceX competitor is about to be tested. The Long Beach, California-based company has already sent 12 of its light-lift Electron rockets into ...

In the increasingly crowded corridors of low-Earth orbit, a Spanish company is pioneering technology that could revolutionize how satellites operate. PERSEI Space has developed an elegant solution to ...