DARPA has confirmed the splash down of its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) following the hypersonic vehicle's second test flight on August 11. While a "controlled descent" ...

The Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23 (CRS-23) mission follows 22 previous Cygnus missions to the ISS that ...

Ajoint U.S. Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) projectis moving speedily along--intended to fly to Mach 20, plus some. TheFalcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle program is ...

For the second time in a row, the Falcon HTV-2, the unmanned hypersonic glider developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the U.S. defense failed its test flight and got ...

Aerodynamic design validated and new understanding of thermal material properties gained Following an extensive seven-month analysis of data collected from the Aug. 11, 2011, second flight of DARPA’s ...

Here are Top Speed, we typically like to talk about fast cars, but every once in a while there is something that is so fast, we can't help ourselves. Our most recent finding is something that tops out ...

1/27/2006 – KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFPN) — For an aircraft to achieve hypersonic speeds, ranging from 6,000 to 15,000 mph (Mach 9 to Mach 22), and reach altitudes between 100,000 to 150,000 ...

Information about a cargo-transportation program for the International Space Station (ISS) may have been leaked from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) after it was discovered that one of ...

Kirobo was put through a series of zero-gravity and other safety tests before it was deemed ready for flight. Image posted June 27, 2013. Kibo Robot Project Call it one giant leap for robot kind: A ...