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 ...
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter One day in May 2002, a hanger roof in ...
Tests of a combustion-free thruster have boosted a startup’s hopes of using microwave beaming from the ground to power a small single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) reusable launch vehicle—something that has ...
Reaching orbit around Earth is an incredibly difficult feat. It’s a common misconception that getting into orbit just involves getting very high above the ground — the real trick is going sideways ...
If you look at it just the right way, the Saturn V is the most successful human-rated rocket ever made. After all, until next year's Artemis II mission kicks off, it will remain the only piece of ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk provided insight on Saturday into why the Starship launch vehicle, designed for future Mars missions, features a two-stage design rather than a single stage. What Happened: The ...
Reaching orbit around Earth is an incredibly difficult feat. It’s a common misconception that getting into orbit just involves getting very high above the ground — the real trick is going sideways ...
The United States once poured money and political capital into a spaceplane concept that promised to take off from a runway, reach orbit in a single leap, and slash the cost of spaceflight. Instead of ...
ARCA Space Corporation has announced its linear aerospike engine is ready to start ground tests as the company moves towards installing the engine in its Demonstrator 3 rocket. Designed to power the ...