March 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...
16 August 2019
SNC remains optimistic about crewed Dream Chaser
... headquarters of SNC's Space Systems division: the Vulcan Centaur is contracted to launch SNC's privately-owned Dream Chaser spaceplane on six flights to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). SNC had previously announced that ULA...
02 April 2021
SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station
..., and private and professional astronauts alike. Now, with a space habitat module already under construction, and a spaceplane that is being developed to fly cargo to the International Space Station starting in 2022, SNC said it is going to deploy...
11 October 2018
Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism: legal and policy aspects
... for sub-orbital flights carrying fare-paying passengers; and the operation, eventually, of spaceplanes. Two case studies address “commercial sub-orbital spaceplanes in the UK” and “Bigelow Aerospace’s adventures in export control”. This should prove...
