X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit.

B space plane has just pulled off a bunch of fancy flight maneuvers for the first time. In a rare display of transparency ...

China has maintained strict secrecy around its spaceplane, dubbed CSSHQ, so it's unclear whether it can be used as a weapon ...

U.S. military's X-37B spaceplane performs historic aerobraking maneuver, using atmospheric drag to lower orbit, saving fuel ...

The long-awaited inaugural cargo flight of Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has been delayed to no earlier than May 2025, pushing back a launch previously expected ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) faces a crossroads as it works to prepare flights of the Vega-C and Ariane 6 as early as this ...

In April 2018, Boeing announced its investment in Reaction Engines, through Boeing HorizonX Ventures with a $37.3 million ...

Virgin Galactic is proposing to raise $300 million in additional capital to accelerate production of suborbital spaceplanes and a mothership aircraft the company says can fuel its long-term growth.

It’s been three months since a Chinese Long March 2F rocket sent a small, reusable spaceplane into orbit. The flight of the uncrewed secret craft has far eclipsed China’s previous record for ...

A major player in aerospace innovation has bitten the dust. Reaction Engines, a developer of hypersonic engine technology ...

During the maneuver, the spaceplane will release the service module "in accordance with established standards for space debris mitigation." At the end of it all, the spaceplane is expected to ...

Animation specialist Hazegrayart made a six-minute video of the Russian MTKVA lifting body spaceplane that was meant to ...