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Top-secret X-37B space plane will execute 'never-before-seen maneuvers' on its descent to Earth | Live Science
Although it isn't clear what the X-37B is used for, its new maneuver would help it to evade detection and perform undetected low-passes over Earth.
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Starship vs. Saturn V: What's the Difference?
Discover the key differences between SpaceX's Starship and NASA's Saturn V, including design, purpose, and technological advancements.
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North American P-51 Mustang | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
The P-51 Mustang was a long-range fighter that could escort heavy bombers to Berlin and back. The Museum's P-51 has the markings of the Tuskegee "Red Tails."
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See the X-59, NASA's new supersonic jet
NASA’s new supersonic jet, the X-59, goes so fast it can’t have a windshield. Here’s how pilots will fly it.
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How the SR-71 Was Retired for Good (Even Though It Was the Fastest Plane Ever)
X It could cross continents in just a few hours, and at 80,000 feet, the Blackbird could survey 100,000 square miles of the ground below per hour. No other U.S. Air Force aircraft could fly faster or higher than the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird,” and on its
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Watch a rocket-powered spaceplane fly for the first time
After flying for the first time on March 29, Dawn Aerospace’s rocket-powered spaceplane, the Mk-II Aurora, flew again the very next day.
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Here's What We Know About Lockheed Martin's Mysterious SR-72
In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.
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Venus Aerospace wants to fly you from LA to Tokyo in an hour | Digital Trends
Texas-based Venus Aerospace has shared renderings of a hypersonic passenger plane called Stargazer that it’s planning to build for commercial use.
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Reaction Engines’ Mach 5 engine is just the tip of the new aerospace boom | TechCrunch
Imagine a hypersonic passenger aircraft that would cut the journey time between London and New York to around two hours. At Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, the aircraft would complete a trip across the Atlantic in around 120 minutes. Mach 5 is m
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Boeing backs Virgin Galactic with strategic $20M investment | TechCrunch
Virgin Galactic has $20 million more to pursue its goal of space tourism with a new investment from Boeing announced this morning. The two companies are both deeply involved in human spaceflight, but in different ways — and Boeing seems to feel that it'
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Boeing backs Virgin Galactic with strategic $20M investment | TechCrunch
Virgin Galactic has $20 million more to pursue its goal of space tourism with a new investment from Boeing announced this morning. The two companies are both deeply involved in human spaceflight, but in different ways — and Boeing seems to feel that it'
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Here's what we know about Lockheed Martin's mysterious SR-72 - Business Insider
In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.
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Los Angeles, America’s Future Spaceport - The Atlantic
The city of stars was once a major hub for aerospace. Soon it might be again.
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Pilots report close encounters with UFO over Arizona: 'Something just passed over us'
Two pilots on different aircraft reported having close encounters with a mysterious object flying high above Arizona last month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The sightings occurred within minutes of each other on the afternoon of Feb
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How the Soviet Concorde crashed and burned
With just 55 completed flights and two fatal crashes, the Concorde's Soviet rival, Tupolev Tu-144, was one of civil aviation's biggest failures.
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Jeff Bezos' secretive rocket company just revealed its plans to tower over SpaceX
Just over a week after SpaceX's launchpad rocket failure, Blue Origin — the aerospace...
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Aerospace Artists
The Forgotten Space Artist Who Envisioned the End of the Space Race
