CHINA has injected billions into advancing its homegrown space industry, and now has the second-largest satellite fleet in the world – behind only the US. But the technology the country is ...
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 ...
U.S. military's X-37B spaceplane performs historic aerobraking maneuver, using atmospheric drag to lower orbit, saving fuel ...
When announcing the plan last month, the US Space Force explained that X-37B would be performing these novel maneuvers to ...
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.
Slamming the Aerobrakes The US military's top secret X-37B space plane, which has been orbiting the Earth since December 2023 ...
A 'groundbreaking' orbital maneuver was conducted by Space Force's secretive military spaceplane. The aircraft is the ...
As the ISS ages and is eventually decommissioned, private companies may operate the orbital platforms of the future.
X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit.
"New Shepard astronauts ascend toward space at more than three times the speed of sound. They pass the Kármán line, the ...
Watch the Dawn Aerospace's Mk-II Aurora Spaceplane light up it rocket engine test flight. Credit: Dawn Aerospace ...
Adam Dissel, President of Reaction Engines, reported that business operations were being shutdown. The US business of the UK company operated for 8.5 years. They pushed the boundaries of propulsion ...