The North American X-15 did more than set records; it quietly redrew the map of what a piloted aircraft could survive at the edge of space. By pushing hypersonic flight to extremes that still stand ...

Dangerous to Allied bombers as well as the ground crews that maintained it and the pilots that flew it, the tiny Me-163 had an amazing climb rate and top speed thanks to its unique rocket engine ...

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 ...

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 ...

After assembling model rockets as a kid in rural Pennsylvania and dreaming of becoming an astronomer, Mike Moses embarked on a distinguished 17-year NASA career centered on human spaceflight — where ...

America’s C-130 transport plane is one of the most iconic and reliable workhorses of the United States military. It first saw action in the Vietnam War, when the United States needed to transport ...

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 ...

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