"The space shuttle was designed to be a very heavy ... But when he's asked about anything more than the X-37's aerodynamics, he clams up. So does everyone else. "While some aspects of the ...

And that was all more or less settled until last week when the two US senators from Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, filed ...

This ekranoplan design would transport a space shuttle system atop a twin-fuselage hull, using six main engines and ground effect aerodynamics to skim across water. By launching closer to the ...

It withstood aerodynamic heating up to 400 degrees ... and notes taken by Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon—had survived space shuttle Columbia’s violent breakup on reentering the atmosphere ...