The European Space Agency is throwing its weight behind a design effort for a hypersonic spaceplane, with hopes of getting the final idea airborne (and spaceborne) by 2031. The ESA is putting up ...
The Pentagon’s hypersonic ambitions have become a magnet for rumor, with online sleuths convinced a secret “ghost jet” is already streaking through the upper atmosphere while official programs stumble ...
After NASA retired the space shuttle in 2011, many thought space planes were history. But they are making a comeback with new designs. Several U.S. companies like Sierra Space Corp., Dawn Aerospace, ...
The race to bring hypersonic flight into the real world just took a leap forward with Venus Aerospace's successful test of a revolutionary engine. The Houston-based startup has developed a compact ...
Wave Motion co-founders James Penna and Finn van Donkelaar show off their company’s Jet Gun prototype and test projectiles in the back of a box truck parked at Seattle’s Pioneer Square. (GeekWire ...