and runway-independent transportation aircraft. It would be something like what is seen in Sci-Fi movies like Star Wars or ...

SR-91 Aurora: The Hypersonic Spy Plane That Never Was The original story ... As it stands, most of what we know stems back to ...

"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space Force’s commitment to pushing the bounds of ...

The United States Space Force just offered a rare glimpse of its shadowy X-37B space plane in orbit. The photo, released on Thursday (Feb. 20), was taken by a camera onboard the X-37B while the ...

Hence the array of chairs that look more Star Trek than space shuttle, and the 2.82 sq m of windows that’ll provide a panoramic view of the Earth’s curvature. Overall, the Aurora capsule will have a ...

In his Monday keynote address to the Air and Space Force Association’s AFA Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin used that aircraft availability ...

“My favorite highlight is the light of the sun gleaming off the space helmet visor,” said McCauley. Art made by Thad McCauley, a kindergarten through eighth-grade art teacher at Aurora ...

Mission-capable rates for the Air Force’s Ospreys were at about 51% in 2021, but by 2023 plunged to 46% and then to 30% in 2024. The Osprey, which is also flown by the Navy and Marine Corps, has been ...