The space shuttle Discovery atop NASA's modified 747 is captured over the Mojave Desert while being ferried from NASA Dryden to the Kennedy Space Center.
Il programma Buran, iniziato dall'Unione Sovietica nel 1976, aveva l'obiettivo di costruire un veicolo spaziale riutilizzabile come ...
Questo giorno ha portato terribili notizie e una grande tristezza nel nostro paese… È stato perso il Columbia; non ci sono sopravvissuti Le parole di George W. Bush – Presidente degli Stati Uniti d’America, rivolte alla Nazione il 1° febbraio 2003 alle 14:04 EST (19:04 UTC). 13 rinvii, 17 giorni di missione, 59 esperimenti effettuati, […]
“I would love to see us have a full reusable system," Microsoft's co-founder said.
Called the Dream Chaser, its maker Sierra Nevada Corp hopes it could begin to deliver cargo to the International Space Station beginning in 'late 2020'.
The size of two SUVs, the privately developed Dream Chaser looks like a baby version of NASA's shuttle – it is designed as a ferry to the space station
La NASA valuta cosa fare dopo che la navicella russa Soyuz ha subito subito la fuoriuscita di quella che sembra essere liquido, forse refrigerante
Infographic explains how the Space shuttle's external tank will travel to the California Science Center
Here are some images of Moebius model's Orion III Space Clipper attached to Dragon models Ariane 5 Booster. I know that both kits are of different scales but I think they look great together. Images of the Ariane 5 model can be seen here. Images of the Orion III Space Clipper model can be seen here.
A fictional flying wing design by Kurt Tank, who gets recruited by the USAF in an alternate Operation Paperclip in the French aviation series "USA Uber...
Infographic shows how the space shuttle's external tank will travel from New Orleans to Los Angeles
This is a full-scale model of the Space Shutttle Constitution (eventually renamed Enterprise) from 1975. Flickr user Aaron Harvey was 5-years-old when his grandfather, who worked at Lockheed at the…
What it was: A 2004-2006 joint project between Russia and Europe to build a small lifting-body/winged vehicle to replace the Soyuz and provide both groups with their own access to the ISS, as well …
Il fotografo dell’aviazione Aleksander Markin ha trovato per caso il relitto dimenticato attorno all’aeroporto Ramenskoye a Mosca (Iberpress/Aleksandr Markin)
SpaceX unveiled the manned version of its Dragon space capsule May 29, 2014 during an invite-only event at the spaceflight company's Hawthorne, California campus.
Twenty-five years ago this month, the Buranthe Soviet space shuttle made its one and only flight.
Deep in the mojave, the largest aircraft ever made will soon be making test flights. This is the Stratolaunch, and it's measured the largest to ever fly based on wingspan. The Stratolaunch was constru...
Hace 30 años ocurrió el accidente del transbordador que obligó a repensar la seguridad de las naves....
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Innovative launcher will also eventually feature scramjet technology.
Il fotografo dell’aviazione Aleksander Markin ha trovato per caso il relitto dimenticato attorno all’aeroporto Ramenskoye a Mosca (Iberpress/Aleksandr Markin)