Because of the way initial machines meant to take humans beyond the borders of our planet were made, we presently cannot envision spaceflight as starting any other way than by means of vertical ...

Rockwell International’s Star Raker was envisioned as a single stage to orbit mega aircraft capable of transforming energy production and space logistics. Designed during the 1970s energy crisis, it ...

Titans Space, a privately funded California startup, unveiled plans on May 28 for a super heavy-lift, horizontal-takeoff, horizontal-landing, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane that builds on the ...

It’s always irksome when tech companies talk about their latest “moonshot.” The actual moonshot was one of the most incredible accomplishments of humankind. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ...