Virgin begin SpaceShip Two ground trials
Virgin Galactic has began trials involving the second prototype of the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, the VSS Unity which was unveiled on Feb 19....
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India successfully flight tests Mini Space Shuttle RLV-TD
India successfully flight tested it’s first winged spacecraft, the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). Developed...
DLR showcases SpaceLiner 7 suborbital transport concept at MAKS 2015
Passenger stage jettisoned from booster stage photo: DLR German Aerospace Center (DLR) has unveiled its latest SpaceLiner 7 concept at...
Lack of safety mechanism caused SpaceShip Two inflight breakup
The National Transportation Safety Board determined the cause of the Oct. 31, 2014 in-flight breakup of SpaceShipTwo, was Scaled Composi...
USAF reveals X-37B's next mission
U.S. Air Force photo For the first time U.S. Air Force has revealed next mission of its secretive X-37B spaceplane, an unmanned reusab...
USAF's classified X-37B spaceplane de-orbits
Image Credit: Boeing US Air Force's Boeing built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 3 (OTV-3) successfully de-orbited and landed back at Va...
Russian NK-33 to power Swiss SOAR Spaceplane
SOAR Spaceplane Image Credit:S3 Swiss Space Systems (S3) and Russian rocket engine maker Kuznetsov has discussed the possibility of using...
Northrop details XS-1 Spaceplane design
Photo:Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman along with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design for the Defen...
Dream Chaser composite airframe unveiled
Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) and Dream Chaser® program partner, Lockheed Martin unveiled the Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft co...
NASA and Boeing completes SLS CDR and sign Core-Stage Contract
NASA and Boeing completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) on the core stage for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), verifying the new roc...
Sierra Nevada Corporation Begins Dream Chaser Flight Test Program
Sierra Nevada Corporation(SNC) announced that the company has successfully completed all milestones under NASA’s Commercial Crew Develo...
Thales Alenia Space Pressurised Modules For Swiss Space System's SOAR Suborbital Vehicle
Today, at the International Aeronautics and Space Show in Le Bourget (Paris), leading developer and manufacturer of pressurised modules ...
SpaceShip Two Goes Supersonic on its Maiden Rocket Powered Flight
MOJAVE , California. SpaceShipTwo Rocket Powered Flight Virgin Galactic completed its first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicl...
India to Test Winged Reusable Launch Vehicle
RLV- TD Indian Space Research Organisation is designing its spaceplane which can be reused like the retired NASA Space Shuttles. ...
Swiss Space Systems Unveils Low Cost Satellite Launch Capability
Flight Plan ©S3 Swiss Space Systems (S3) unveiled its space shuttle project for placing small satellites (up to 250 kg) into low Eart...
Space Shuttle Endeavour 's Next Mission: To Inspire
On May 7, 1992, millions of Americans watched as the first space shuttle built after the Challenger disaster, Endeavour, thundered into...
Weather Postpones Endeavour Ferry Flight to Sept 18
Endeavour onboard SCA NASA's planned ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been po...
Space Shuttle Endeavour Prepared for Final Ferry Flight
Sat, 15 Sep 2012 Space shuttle Endeavour has been attached to the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, at NASA's Kennedy Spac...
Endeavour to Make Final Ferry Flight on Sept 17
Space shuttle Endeavour's final journey is set to begin at sunrise on Monday, Sept. 17. Riding atopthe modified 747 S...
A Recap: Space Shuttle Cost $1.5 billion per flight
NASA's space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on April 12, 1981 and continued to set high marks of achievement...
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