July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... environmental control and life support system (ECLSS) and thermal control system for SNC’s Dream Chaser spaceplane. In an effort to continuously look ahead, SNC is also investing in the future by developing advanced technologies for generating water...
July 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
...’s InSight probe marks the 14th mission to Mars. SNC’s largest investment to date is the Dream Chaser® spacecraft, a spaceplane selected by NASA for cargo resupply and return services to the International Space Station (ISS) starting in late...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
The US Air Force’s mysterious, unmanned spacecraft known as X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is set for launch again this week, but this time around, the space plane will take flight via Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket; a first for the OTV. Built...
February 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... a future of endless creativity and discovery! A recent iteration of Skylon - the futuristic design for a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane that grew out of the Rolls-Royce/British Aerospace HOTOL project of the 1980s - Skylon D1, is under development...
02 June 2016
XCOR lays off significant part of workforce
... known for its attempts to build a reusable suborbital spaceplane. Randy Baker, XCOR chief operating officer, has said... lately shifting its focus to engine development over the suborbital spaceplane, a concept on which the company has worked for over...
May 2019
A matter of perspective
...underscore the strong performative aspect of my art. serious anomaly (2015) - on 31 October 2014, Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test flight in the Mojave Desert, California, killing co-pilot Michael Alsbury and...
