29 March 2021
Russia to develop new uncrewed spaceplane
... Association (NPO); the developers of the Soviet Union’s first spaceplane, the Buran. Like the X-37B, the new model, ...most expensive in the history of Soviet space exploration. Its first spaceplane, the Buran, was rolled out of production in 1984 and ...
30 October 2019
Questions surround US top-secret spaceplane mission
.... David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, in a statement. Developed by Boeing Phantom Works, the reusable X-37B spaceplane is designed to launch on top of a conventional rocket; for this particular mission, the unpiloted OTV was lofted into...
02 December 2014
X-37B spaceplane lands safely
The US Air Force landed its uncrewed and reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OV-1) spaceplane at Vandenberg AFB on 17 October 2014, after 674 days in orbit. Boeing manages the vehicle and its secret ...
18 May 2020
Mystery US X-37B spaceplane makes its sixth flight
The unpiloted US Air Force X-37B spaceplane is back in orbit after a successful launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Sunday morning. The vehicle ...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... Earth orbits, will require a more sophisticated kind of operating base to that of the sub-orbital spaceplanes. In fact, it is not really a spaceplane at all, but more of an aerospace vehicle capable of bridging the gap between air and space travel...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... we are 30 years later with no flight hardware. Until recently, Skylon seemed to be the last hope for a commercial spaceplane, but this year’s Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) and the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs highlighted a potential...
