... from tweets by Musk hinting at the acquisition. “SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, moon, & hypersonic travel around Earth,” tweeted Musk in June last year. Starship is Musk’s huge stainless steel spaceship that...
... so rapidly – Kasahar and JAXAs system produces self-sustained combustion waves that propagate with a shock wave at hypersonic speeds of 2-3 kilometres per second – the charge (fuel/air mix) does not have time to expand during...
... a NASA partnership through a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (SAA), which enables collaboration on developing NASA's Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) to provide industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit...
...'s carrier aircraft, successfully released the rocket. The rocket ignited its first stage engines, quickly going hypersonic and successfully reaching space. The flight then continued through successful stage separation and ignition of the...
...-Breathing Rocket Engine”. This engine will achieve both air-breathing and rocket modes, allowing for hypersonic air travel at Mach 5, or orbital access velocities of Mach 25 for spaceplanes like “Skylon”. RE are supported by their US subsidiary...