Virgin Orbit, a sister company of Richard Branson’s space tourism effort, is set to try to send its rocket into orbit for the first time ever on January 17th after failing to do so last year. It ...

The Pentagon wants an airborne aircraft carrier to launch drones. November 10, 2014. ... The Akron crashed in 1933 off the coast of New Jersey, killing 73 of 76 men on board, ...

The company aims to build a massive aircraft that will act as an airborne launch system, releasing a booster mid-flight that ignites to send cargo, satellites and, eventually, people into orbit.

After launch, the booster will be tracked from the carrier and the ground. Allen hinted at the project this year in his memoir, Idea Man, but hasn’t released any details prior to this.

UVision has successfully demonstrated the airborne launch and engagement of a ground target by its Hero 120 loitering munition, fired from a Bell 412 helicopter. UVision USA, the US subsidiary of ...

Included with the visit were mission briefs, meetings with military leadership, and the test launch of an ICBM that was equipped with targetable re-entry vehicles from the Airborne Launch Control ...

On board are instruments built primarily by undergraduate science and engineering students. Teams from more than 75 institutions are launching balloons from points all along the path of totality.