Rocket-powered aircraft - Wikipedia
WEBA rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket engine for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than similarly sized jet aircraft, but typically for at most a few minutes of powered operation, followed by a gliding flight.
North American X-15 - Wikipedia
WEBThe North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.
List of rocket-powered aircraft - Wikipedia
WEBA rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket engine for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than similarly sized jet aircraft, but typically for at most a few minutes of powered operation, followed by a gliding flight.
A New Zealand company has started flying a rocket-powered …
WEBApr 5, 2023 · A New Zealand-based space company, Dawn Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed the first three test flights of a rocket-powered spaceplane. This Mk-II Aurora vehicle measures 4.5...
Dawn Aerospace's space plane aces first rocket-powered flights …
WEBApr 6, 2023 · Dawn Aerospace's robotic space plane flew with a rocket engine for the first time last month, taking a major step toward the company's goal of building a fully and rapidly reusable craft.
X-15 Hypersonic Research Program - NASA
WEBFeb 28, 2014 · Because of the large fuel consumption of its rocket engine, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 feet and speeds upward of 500 mph. Depending on the mission, the rocket engine provided thrust for the first 80 …
X-43A Hyper-X - NASA
WEBJan 5, 2024 · Compared to a rocket-powered vehicle like the Space Shuttle, scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) powered vehicles promise more airplane-like operations for increased affordability, flexibility and safety for ultra high-speed flights within the atmosphere and into Earth orbit.
Hypersonic Speed Explained: How Hypersonic Planes Work
WEBSep 27, 2023 · Higher, farther, faster: NASA's X-43A plane is destined to set new speed records. What sets the X-43A apart from other rocket-powered aircraft is that it is powered by a scramjet engine. Learn all about it.
95 years ago: First Human Rocket-Powered Aircraft Flight
WEBJun 12, 2023 · During World War II, the German Luftwaffe applied rocket technology to two different aircraft. The Heinkel He 176, an experimental aircraft and the first powered solely by a liquid-fueled rocket, made its first flight on June 20, 1939.
Virgin Galactic rocket plane flies to edge of space - BBC
WEBMay 22, 2021 · Unity was carried to 13km (44,000ft) in altitude by its "mother" aircraft, Eve, before being released to ignite its rocket motor. The vehicle then climbed rapidly to the edge of space, achieving...