The way history unfolded means we humans have specific ideas of how certain things are supposed to work. Cars should have four wheels, motorcycles two, and the best way to shoot a spacecraft off the ...

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In the 1990s, NASA designed an experimental space plane meant to be a cost-effective alternative to expensive rockets. Called the X-33, it was based on a concept called SSTO — or “single stage to ...

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 ...

When building a model rocket, it can be fun to get into the maths of it all—calculating the expected performance of your build, and then seeing how it measures up in the real world. To aid in that ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (Reuters) -A three-man crew from Italy soared more than 50 miles (80 km) above the New Mexico desert on Thursday aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket plane, the company's ...

Believe it or not, modern jet fighters are overall slower than the airplanes from the 60s and 70s that they're designed to replace. Much of this has to do with changes in military doctrine over time.

European aerospace giant EADS June 19 unveiled its "Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation" (Zehst) rocket plane that it hopes will be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours by around 2050. "I ...