NASA began trying to define future passenger aircraft in 2008 asking experts to imagine what the future passenger aviation might look like. NASA said its goals for a 2030-era aircraft were: ...

It could be some sort of future space plane that makes the trip. Whether the golden age of space planes is ahead of us or not ...

Bastian Schaefer says taking cues from nature and needs of the future passenger, Airbus is blue-skying the high-tech, eco-friendly air travel of tomorrow ...

NASA will ask for a $3.7 billion budget increase over the next decade. The planes are part of a 10-year plan called the New Aviation Horizons Initiative, reports Ars Technica.. One of the most ...

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) As aircraft become more complex, managing heat in sensitive avionics systems has never been more critical. The rapid expansion of electronic ...

Whatever this mystery plane is, news of it comes on an historic week for Boeing, during which the last 747 to ever fly on an American airline will make its final landing in Detroit. Via the Telegraph ...

Read a blog by spacecraft engineer Henry Spencer arguing that rockets, not air-breathing planes, will be the spaceships of the future. Getting to space has never been simple. A standing army of ...

112 thoughts on “ Air-Breathing Rocket Engine Promises Future Space Planes ” tomás zerolo says: ... The point of the SABRE engine is to cool the incoming air low enough to condense oxygen ...

The X-15 is the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft. Decades after its record-breaking flights, it’s inspiring a new generation of space planes.

A technique to cool the planet, in which particles are added to the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, would not require developing special aircraft but could be achieved using existing large planes ...