The space plane lands on the former space shuttle runway, now called the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA ... Space Force reveals image snapped by top secret space plane for first time ...

Orbiter Starting with STS-49 (May 1992), orbiters used a drag chute on landing ... examine the shuttle’s belly for signs of foam impact damage. Michael Klesius is an Air & Space associate ...

Objects returning from space begin their atmospheric re-entry at speeds of Mach 20. By the time the shuttle drops ... out how to predict the landing point for a paper airplane dropped from orbit.

Nick Charles: On April 14th, the Space Shuttle ... that afternoon landing time was established, it was none too certain. Weather conditions were not optimal here at Edwards Air Force Base.

You'll be able to watch the Crew-9 landing live on Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX and NASA, in a livestream expected to begin about 72 minutes before splashdown at 4:45 p.m. EDT (2045 GMT).

Here's a great example of arguably the most famous space plane (the NASA Space Shuttle) landing at Kennedy Space Center. It's ...

Now, have you ever wondered why the NASA astronauts opted for splashdown instead of landing on solid ground ... manned spacecraft prior to the Space Shuttle program. This process is also possible ...