O n October 14, 1947, a B-29 Superfortress bomber took off with a small, dart-shaped, rocket-powered aircraft called the Bell X-1 slung under its belly, nestled partway into its bomb bay. Air ...

SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup ...

As a tactical fighter aircraft, the F-5N accommodates a pilot only in a pressurized, heated and air conditioned cockpit and rocket-powered ejection seat while the F-5F is a two-seat combat ...

Rocket-powered takeoffs Despite its hulking size, the four-engined flying boats had a maximum speed of over 200 mph. The aircraft had a service ceiling of up to 14,600 feet and a range of 4,900 ...

an MD-3A aircraft’s starter unit had been position so as to blow hot exhaust onto the warhead of an MK-32 5-inch Zuni rocket that was mounted beneath the wing of a nearby F-4 Phantom.

"This time we're flying with a deployable drill. We're flying with a deployable rover, we're flying with a drone, (a) rocket-powered drone that hops, flies off the lander and hops along the ...