Flying either the rocket-powered X-15 or Space Shuttle would already be pretty impressive, but one man actually flew both.

Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world’s largest airplane. Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five ...

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...

Today's Top Pick is a 1979 Mooney M20K 305 Rocket, notably upgraded in 1999 with a 305 hp Continental TSIO-520 engine via a "Rocket Engineering" conversion. This significant power boost transforms the ...

Shaped much like a miniature NASA space shuttle, Stratolaunch's uncrewed, rocket-propelled Talon-A2 aircraft detached in midair from the world's largest plane in March and zoomed up to dizzying speeds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a resident on board the International Space Station, Anne McClain had quite a view. But, interestingly, something she saw while ...

In November 2022, a Chinese Long March 5B rocket reentered the atmosphere with no ability to control where it fell. As a precaution, France, Spain, and Monaco closed some of their airspace along the ...

The space exploration business is booming in our day and age, and that is owed, not it small part, to the countless startups that provide transportation to space for all those who need it. But whereas ...

WELLINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Dawn Aerospace's rocket-powered aircraft successfully completed its first supersonic flight, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, as it moves forward with ...

Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand company, has received regulatory approval to fly its remotely operated, rocket-powered Mk-II Aurora aircraft at supersonic speeds and high altitudes. The Mk-II Aurora is ...