Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) are full of potential. Alone, they could power missiles at greater efficiencies than any other cycle. In combination with an air-breathing combined-cycle ...

Today's Top Pick is a 1979 Mooney M20K 305 Rocket, a highly modified version known for its enhanced performance. The aircraft underwent a "Rocket" conversion in 1999, upgrading to a 305 hp Continental ...

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...

Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand company, has received regulatory approval to fly its remotely operated, rocket-powered Mk-II Aurora aircraft at supersonic speeds and high altitudes. The Mk-II Aurora is ...

Rocket Lab's next mission will be different. A helicopter will attempt to capture the first stage of the Electron as it returns to Earth from space as part of the company's effort to make it a ...

Dawn Aerospace has flown its rocket-powered aircraft past the speed of sound, the latest milestone on its path to its first commercial flights. During the test, which took place on New Zealand’s South ...

A high-stakes mission to save NASA's Swift Observatory from a fiery end has relied on Virginia. Here's an inside look ahead ...

In November 2022, a Chinese Long March 5B rocket reentered the atmosphere with no ability to control where it fell. As a precaution, France, Spain, and Monaco closed some of their airspace along the ...

As another major step towards the augural race schedule beginning in 2008, the Rocket Racing League(TM) (RRL) has assembled its first of two League-owned and operated race teams. The first team, ...