On June 8, 1959, NASA's rocket-powered X-15 experimental plane made its first glide flight. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...

The LC-130 is a ski-equipped military cargo plane built to operate in the Arctic and Antarctic, where snow conditions can ...

In November 2022, a Chinese Long March 5B rocket reentered the atmosphere with no ability to control where it fell. As a precaution, France, Spain, and Monaco closed some of their airspace along the ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Dawn Aerospace's rocket-powered aircraft successfully completed its first supersonic flight, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, as it moves forward with developing ...

I never thought I'd wish to be in the stuffy passenger seat of an airplane instead of in my cozy Brooklyn living room until today, April 2, 2026 — the day after NASA's Artemis 2 rocket launch. I was ...

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 space exploration business is booming in our day and age, and that is owed, not it small part, to the countless startups that provide transportation to space for all those who need it. But whereas ...

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin secured two Pentagon contracts worth $114 million. The Defense Department said in a May 26 ...

The Lippisch P.13 was one of the strangest late-war German interceptor ideas, a ramjet-powered delta aircraft meant to use ...

The article features a 1979 Mooney M20K 305 Rocket as "Today's Top Pick," highlighting its blend of Mooney's efficient aerodynamics with significantly boosted performance. This aircraft underwent a ...