The Soviet Union ignited the space race with a rocket originally designed to deliver a 3-ton nuclear warhead across continents. That same R-7 platform launched Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin, and eventually ...

In a tightly controlled manufacturing hangar west of Paris, workers put the finishing touches on an enormous silver-colored engine. In just a few days, a similar machine will help propel the most ...

High-altitude capability and 213-knot cruise speed create mission-ready machine.

The Gloster Meteor, Britain’s first operational jet fighter, was developed under strict secrecy during the Second World War.

“In one year, President Trump has turned our country around from the brink of disaster, and he will rightly declare the state of our union is strong, prosperous and respected,” Karoline Leavitt, the ...

NASA launched a sounding rocket from Alaska in the predawn hours of February 9, 2026, as part of a campaign to investigate one of the most puzzling features of the northern lights: the black aurora.

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the Moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. Now, a team of researchers has built a rugged, ...

US aviation company Cirrus is making a single-engine personal jet with a parachute for safe landings. From the upcoming Highflyer magazine, out on February 27.

In 2013, BHELA I began receiving the EC-665 Tiger HAD-E (Attack and Destruction Helicopter), a version with more powerful ...