Starship reached orbit for the first time on September 28, 2026, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites after an engine shutdown - here's what it means for pilots.
TowerSierra Space's Dream Chaser traces its runway-landing design to 1960s Edwards AFB lifting body research, representing over 60 years of aerodynamic reentry development.
VectorThe DOT's new Space Transportation Integration Task Force must solve how 10,000 projected annual launches integrate with the NAS before commercial space crowds out GA access.
TowerSierra Space's Dream Chaser is a reusable lifting body spaceplane built to launch on a rocket, deliver cargo to the ISS, and land autonomously on conventional airport runways.
VectorEight military pilots flew the X-15 above 50 miles in the 1960s, earning astronaut wings and defining the altitude threshold still encoded in U.S. commercial space law today.
VectorThe Stratolaunch Roc - the world's widest aircraft at 385 feet - has found its mission as a reusable hypersonic test platform after pivoting away from orbital launch.
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