Forget Supersonic Jets. These Ultra-Fast Spaceplanes Could Soon Take You Around the World in 90 Minutes.
Sierra Space and Radian are developing spaceplanes that fly at hypersonic speeds, but are able to head into Low Earth Orbit ...
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Israeli firms want a piece of the US cruise missile market
The first to announce the move was Israeli public company Bet Shemesh Engines, which specializes in the production of jet engines and their components for the civilian market. The firm is joining up ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet flew in front of the sun so NASA could take this incredible shock wave photo
"This image makes the invisible visible — the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier." ...
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SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)
As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at ...
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‘It looks like a rocket’: What we know about the ambulance jet that crashed in Philly
“It looks like a rocket that comes straight down,” said ... rush-hour explosion was one of the workhorses in the medical transport fleet of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance. Built in 1982, the 43 ...
SpaceX, NASA scrub launch of SPHEREx, PUNCH missions
NASA and SpaceX late Monday said they were standing down the launch of the SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft missions due to ...
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Civilian jet breaks sound barrier during historic test flight over Mojave Desert
and the plane is the "first civil supersonic jet made in America." The sound barrier was broken for the first time in 1947, when Air Force pilot Capt. Chuck Yeager flew a rocket-propelled ...
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10 U.S. Fighter Jets That Never Took To The Skies
On October 14, 1947, a B-29 Superfortress bomber took off with a small, dart-shaped, rocket-powered aircraft called the Bell X-1 slung under its belly, nestled partway into its bomb bay.