Aeronautics
NASA Has a New, All-Electric Airplane
NASA's first all-electric aircraft - the X-57 Maxwell - was recently delivered to the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC)…
Airplane Contrails are Contributing to Global Warming Too
To the scientifically uninitiated, it might seem like a frivolous idea: That those slight, wispy clouds that trail behind jet…
SLS Rocket Promises To Do Better
The SLS rocket found its future launch manifest severely curtailed in a new budget request. This leaves the long overdue…
Progress for the Skylon. Europe agrees to continue working on the air-breathing SABRE engine
The ESA and Reaction Engines recently took another step towards the realization of the hypersonic SABRE engine.
This is an Actual Photograph of the Shock Waves from Supersonic Jets Interacting with Each Other
After more than 10 years of hard work, NASA has reached another milestone. We're accustomed to NASA reaching milestones, but…
SpaceX Starhopper Damaged in High Winds
Elon Musk indicates that the SpaceX Starhopper has been damaged after being toppled in 50 mile-per-hour winds. This will take…
Musk Says that SpaceX will use a Giant Party Balloon to Bring an Upper Stage Back. Wait, what?
Elon Musks hints in a tweet that SpaceX wants to use "giant party balloons" to retrieve upper stage rockets.
Launching Rockets from Balloons is About to be a Thing, But We Need a Better Name than “Rockoons”
A new company is developing a hybrid rocket-balloon system to launch microsatellites cheaply from high altitude.
NASA Begins Construction of its New Quiet Supersonic Plane
In partnership with Lockheed Martin, NASA has begun developing their quiet supersonic plane, a revolutionary aircraft that will generate quiet…
New Zealand’s First Rocket Launch to Space!
Earlier this week, the island nation of New Zealand made history with the first successful launch of a rocket from…