SpinLaunch is developing a launch system that uses a massive, vacuum-sealed centrifuge to accelerate payloads to hypersonic ...
The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...
GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess ...
Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, conducted a hot fire test of a full-scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor in fall 2023. Credit: NASA HUNTSVILLE, ...
Could a hypersonic vehicle take flight this weekend in the deserts of Southeastern California? It appears Stratolaunch, an aerospace company based in Mojave about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, is ...
A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA’s Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth’s atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph. The ...