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Dropped by a helicopter, the reusable vehicle approached the runway at speeds of over 200 miles per hour.

While the Mk-II Aurora will collect scientific data during upcoming tests, it's also a proof-of-concept for a later model that will launch satellites to orbit.

News of the test lifted Virgin Galactic's stock value by over 13%, but it's still not clear when tourist flights to space will resume.

Sonic booms heard across central Florida Saturday likely caused by the landing of a secretive U.S. Space Force spaceplane that had been in orbit since May 2020.

There has been a lot of mystery surrounding Chinas spaceplane project.

On Friday, China carried out a key flight test of its reusable suborbital spaceplane, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor.

It’s believed to be part of an ambitious plan to build a hypersonic transport system that could take people or cargo anywhere on Earth in an hour.

This unmanned spaceplane continues to break records after flying for more than 781 days! US Air Force and Space Force's "world's only reusable spaceplane" keeps setting records.

Successful test flight in July suggests it has an advantage over the rocket-launched US equivalent, Chinese military magazine says.

Various economic activities in space are set to soon become “business as usual,” with the commercial space sector growing at a fast rate. One of the essential assets for that are represented by spaceplanes, these intriguing vehicles that fly to outer space while also acting as regular aircraft in the Earth’s atmosphere. One of them, the Dream Chaser, just got a giant boost.