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Dangerous to Allied bombers as well as the ground crews that maintained it and the pilots that flew it, the tiny Me-163 had an amazing climb rate and top speed thanks to its unique rocket engine ...

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 ...

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 ...

As if the image of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launch wasn’t burned into our collective retinas already, fans of the sexualized spaceship can now own their very own scaled-down model — for a ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Alan Boyle on Aug 26, 2021 at 11:25 am August 26, 2021 at 11:25 am ...

But we think it might be somebody doing model rocketing," FAA spokesman Roland Herwig told the Houston Chronicle on Monday. "The pilot saw the rocket and some people saw the rocket's trail." The FAA, ...

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.

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico, June 29 (Reuters) - A twin-fuselage jet took off carrying Virgin Galactic's rocket plane with a three-man crew from Italy into the New Mexico sky on Thursday for a ...