Combined paper and aluminum space plane model for use in wind tunnel, (a) before and (b) after being set up inside the test section. Credit: Acta Astronautica (2025). DOI: ...

The Dream Chaser is the result of a combined effort by NASA and the private company Sierra Space. The private plane is intended to be reusable, allowing for multiple flights to and from Earth and the ...

The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again. On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the small, Space Shuttle-shaped vehicle on the program’s ...

The X-37B space plane, recently returned from a 430+ day mission, is preparing for its eighth launch. Scheduled for no earlier than August 21st from Kennedy Space Center, the mission will focus on ...

NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after the agency first backed the concept. The lifting-body vehicle known as Dream ...

The US Space Force's secret space plane, the X-37B, shared an image from orbit for the first time. The reusable orbital test vehicle captured the image of Earth last year during its seventh mission.

Space junk is a huge problem. The surge in satellite launches in recent years is leaving low Earth orbit (LEO) cluttered with debris such as discarded rocket bodies, broken parts and defunct ...