In the 1990s, NASA and Lockheed Martin set out to replace the Space Shuttle with a fully reusable spaceplane that promised radically cheaper access to orbit. This video explores the bold technology ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya (or “dream” in Ukrainian) is the biggest and heaviest-lift transport aircraft in the world. Manufactured by the Soviet Union, the impressive plane is 84m long, features six ...

N. S. Lachman & Co. LLC specializes in the space and aerospace sectors, utilizing a global workforce to capitalize ...

When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering ...

For years, Sierra Space has been working on Dream Chaser, primarily out of sight while plans changed and deadlines faltered.

Germany’s BAAINBw has awarded Polaris a contract to develop a reusable two-stage hypersonic research vehicle, with flight ...

How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger ...

Virgin Galactic is restructuring its debt in a bid to reach profitability before it runs out of money. The restructuring will probably raise interest costs, and will definitely dilute existing ...

Everybody’s sad that the skies over Britain no longer boom to the sound of a passing Concorde. It’s not so much the lack of a superfast service to New York, but the more generalised regret that ...

The German government has contracted Polaris Spaceplanes to build and flight test a reusable hypersonic air vehicle.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. The most serious accident in manned spaceflight to date shocked the USA and the whole world.

The United States military is the largest, most formidable fighting force in the world, and each of its branches features ...