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Japanese Startup is Working on a Reusable Rocketplane to Carry Passengers to Space, as Early as 2023
The Japanese startup PD Aerospace is developing a reusable space plane that will use a combination of jet engines and…
6 years ago
Touchdown! Virgin Spacecraft Prototype Soars Over Mojave, Testing Re-Entry System
Virgin Galactic has finished yet another stepping-stone to its first commercial spaceflight. The New Mexico-based company sent SpaceShipTwo aloft on…
10 years ago
Black Sky: Virgin’s Spaceship Carrier Takes To Air For 150th Time
As Virgin Galactic gets ready for its first space test of SpaceShipTwo -- a feat widely expected to take place…
10 years ago
Astronomy Cast 350: SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne is the spacecraft created by Scaled Composites to win the $10 million Ansari X-Prize in 2003. It was the…
10 years ago
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Revolutionary Air-Launched Commercial Rocket to Orbit Announced by Microsoft Billionaire Paul Allen
[/caption] A mega quartet of luminaries led by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan have…
13 years ago