NASA has just contracted with commercial flyer Virgin Galactic to rocket technology into suborbital space--the first time the space agency's made a move like this. Welcome to the post-Shuttle era.READ»
As NASA settles for a tried and trusted solution, Britain's plans for a next-gen Space Shuttle inch forward with the Skylon: A black, future-tech spaceplane that absolutely looks the part.READ»
A million Euros of funding (around $1.25 million U.S.) has just been awarded to Reaction Engines Ltd. to develop a radical kind of space launcher known as the Skylon. Far from being a pencils-slim structure rocketing into the sky on ...READ»
