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    Kepler Observatory (2009-03-08)
    Last week NASA successfully launched the Kepler Observatory on a Boeing Delta II rocket. Resulting in what may be the greatest launch photo of all time. Awesome picture. [Read More]

    Air Force space plane shooting for April launch (2009-11-24)
    In a response to written questions, an Air Force spokesperson said the unmanned spaceship is scheduled for launch April 19 on an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The winged X-37B, also ... [Read More]

    X-51A WaveRider Gets Airborne (2009-12-11)
    The US Air Force Research Laboratory's X-51A WaveRider scramjet engine demonstrator completed its first captive-carry flight under the wing of its B-52H mothership from Edwards AFB on Dec. 9. The ... [Read More]

    From X-15 To X-51. Hypersonic Testing Continues At Edwards AFB (2010-03-05)
    There?s some pretty exciting stuff going on at Edwards Air Force Base as the flight test center team gets ready to conduct an awe-inspiring X-51 first flight. The plan is to air launch the X-51A ... [Read More]

    Could Code Name "Riptide" Be The Merger Of The X-37B And The X-51A (2010-04-19)
    It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see where these two technologies need to merge. Just think of the weight and fuel reduction if the booster did not need to carry an oxidizer and could return ... [Read More]

    A Look Inside The Hypersonics Lab At Boeings Phantom Works (2010-05-21)
    The X-51A will make its first hypersonic flight attempt Tuesday, May 25, from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. If successful, it will be the longest-ever hypersonic flight powered by a supersonic ... [Read More]

    Scramjet Powers Historic First Flight of X-51A WaveRider (2010-05-30)
    PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, May 27, 2010 Source: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne The X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle, powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's scramjet engine, achieved ... [Read More]

    X-51A Team Eyes Results Of Scramjet Flight | AVIATION WEEK (2010-06-01)
    X-51A Team Eyes Results Of Scramjet Flight | AVIATION WEEK [Read More]

    Boeing To Build Capsule To Fly Tourist To The ISS (2010-09-17)
    BY JOSHUA FREED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Boeing and a space tourism company announced a deal on Wednesday to sell tickets on rocket rides to the International Space Station. Now Boeing just ... [Read More]

    How To Move A Secret Space Plane? With A Chevy Truck Of Course! (2010-12-14)
    Photos by Boeing Last week, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B unmanned space plane landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after completing a top-secret 220-day orbital space mission. It ... [Read More]

    Modified X-51A Waverider Ready for Next Hypersonic Test (2011-03-20)
    United States Air Force engineers currently plan to fly the second X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test demonstrator as early as next Tuesday, programme officials said earlier this week. "We are ... [Read More]

    There Are Five Vehicles Competing To Succeed The Space Shuttle (2011-04-23)
    By Frank Morring, Jr. Washington U.S. spacecraft engineers with federal funding will pursue at least five different ways to replace the space shuttle in the next few years, from capsules that ... [Read More]

    Second X-51A hypersonic flight ends prematurely, As Scramjet Engine Fails To Ignite (2011-06-16)
    by 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs 6/15/2011 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A second test of the X-51A Waverider flew Monday in the Point Mugu Naval Air Test Range over the Pacific Ocean, ... [Read More]

    The N.R.L. Is Set To Launch A Miotaur IV Sept. 27, 2011 From Kodiak Launch Complex (2011-08-23)
    Published: August 22, 2011. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON--The Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) is scheduled to launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's ... [Read More]

    X-37B Will Remain In Orbit Longer Then 270 Days (2011-12-01)
    The US Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane, launched on March 5, 2011, was designed to fly for 270 days. Day 270 came yesterday, but the military branch has decided to prolong its ... [Read More]

    NASA Dependent On Russian Soyuz Space Taxi For At Least Five More Years (2011-12-18)
    (Reuters) - Budget cuts in a program to spur commercial space taxis will likely keep the United States dependent on Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station until 2017, NASA's ... [Read More]

    X-37B Prepares For Return To Orbit (2012-09-27)
    The highly mysterious X-37B OTV-3 (Orbital Test Vehicle) – which is, essentially, a drone boosted into orbital spaceflight – is being prepared for its third top secret space flight in ... [Read More]

    Vortex Rocket Engine Technology Looks Promising (2013-01-17)
    The inner surfaces of rocket engines can be subjected to extremely high heat. Temperatures as high as 3227°C (5800°F) can result from the powerful, thrust-generating exothermal reaction ... [Read More]

    NASA Selects Space Florida To Take Over Shuttle Landing Strip (2013-07-01)
    Cape Canaveral - Nasa has selected Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, to take over operations, maintenance and development of the space shuttle's idled landing site at ... [Read More]

    Fourth X-37B Spaceplane To Launch With An Advanced NASA Materials Science Experiment (2015-05-18)
    The planned May 20 fourth launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket with a Boeing/U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane comes as the Air Force is shifting to more military spaceplane ... [Read More]

    X-37b Space Plane Returns (2022-11-16)
      The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is shown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The unmanned U.S. military space plane landed early Saturday ... [Read More]