Russia is developing a reusable spaceplane, a subsidiary of the Kalashnikov conglomerate said on Wednesday, in Russia’s first such project since the late Soviet Union’s ill-fated Buran space shuttle. A full-size model of the plane was presented at a closed pavilion during a Russian military forum last year and the project is now under development, […]
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NASA-contracted Soviet-derived spaceplane Dream Chaser makes successful glide test (PHOTOS)
November 13th, 2017 Awake Goy
The engineering test article (ETA) was lifted by a helicopter sky-crane and released from an altitude of over 3,000 meters, Space News reported. It glided towards the Edwards Air Force Base in California and successfully landed. Sierra Nevada Corporation said the test was a success and pledged to give more details on Monday. It was […]
DARPA and Boeing Team Up to Build a Hypersonic Spaceplane
May 26th, 2017 Awake Goy
DARPA and Boeing Team Up to Build a Hypersonic Spaceplane May 25th, 2017 Via: Popular Mechanics: DARPA announced today that it has selected Boeing to design and build a new reusable, hypersonic spaceplane called the Phantom Express that would fly into high suborbital altitudes […]