Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over ...

"Uncontrolled rocket body reentries are a design choice, not a necessity," the study noted. "If controlled reentries were used by all operators, the risks to people and aircraft would be greatly ...

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Chuck Yeager flew a rocket-propelled experimental aircraft across the Mojave Desert -- taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port just as the XB-1 did. Before today's sound barrier-breaking ...

Reflecting their weird position, most rocket planes have been built as experimental and research vehicles to develop interceptor fighter jets and space aircraft. One of the most famous rocket ...

There is a one in four chance that a rocket debris could fall into a busy flight path, according to a new study. There is very little chance that any of that space junk could actually hit a plane.

SpaceX halted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday with 11 seconds to spare after a plane allegedly flew into restricted airspace near the launchpad. The California exhibition set to send ...

Flights across the Caribbean were hastily diverted on Thursday following the explosion of a rocket built by Elon ... were the remnants of SpaceX's experimental Starship spacecraft.