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The North American X-15 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever created in the history of aviation and space ...

Company considers test mission a success despite the loss of the orbital launch vehicle about 30 seconds into the flight.

As it happened, the rocket reentered over the Pacific Ocean, not Europe. But the airspace closures still resulted in 645 planes being delayed by an average of nearly half an hour. The unexpected ...

Modern rockets such as the NASA Artemis—with a ... pounds or more—something that could propel small spacecraft or aircraft. “Scaling up thrust is where our computational models will play ...

SPACE X's Starship rocket has exploded during a test flight ... with one video capturing the spectacle from the cockpit of a plane. The FAA is still investigating that failure — now adding ...

Starship had been expected to launch again Monday. A previous launch ended in an explosion over the Caribbean, and sent commercial airlines scattering to avoid falling rocket debris.