Meet HOTOL: The British-designed space plane that never flew a mission
HOTOL (which stands for Horizontal Take-Off and Landing) was a British-designed space plane developed in the mid-1980s. The…
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Topics related to various types of vehicles designed for travel or operation in outer space.
First Australian-made rocket carrying Vegemite crashes shortly after takeoff
The first Australian-made space rocket crashed shortly after taking off on its maiden flight on July 30, 2025,…
ESA spacecraft to meet with colossal asteroid set to whisk past Earth in 2029
A mission to launch a European spacecraft that will rendezvous with a 375-meter-wide asteroid that is scheduled to…
Chinese Shenzhou-14 spacecraft returns to Earth after six-month mission: video
Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after completing a six-month mission in orbit. The Shenzhou-14 spacecraft’s re-entry…
Boeing’s Starliner capsule returns to Earth, completes test flight successfully
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth after successfully completing an orbital flight test to the International…
Boeing successfully launches Starliner spacecraft to the ISS on third attempt
Boeing has successfully launched its new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, on a crucial flight test to the…
Virgin Galactic Unity spaceflight to take place in May 2021
The California-based space company Virgin Galactic confirmed the date for the next rocket-powered test flight of its spacecraft…
Back to Moon: China’s successful spacecraft launch
China’s space program reaches an important milestone as Chang’e 5 spacecraft is successfully launched on a mission to…
Crew Dragon Endeavour’s landing marks spaceflight history
After a 64 day orbital round-journey to the International Space Station, the Crew Dragon spacecraft operated by Douglas…
Israeli spacecraft gives up on second Moon landing
Israeli non-profit organization SpaceIL decides to give up on the journey to the Moon for its second Beresheet…