Rocket-powered aircraft - Wikipedia
A 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
The 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
A 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 .
65 Years Ago: First Factory Rollout of the X-15 Hypersonic Rocket Plane
2023年10月13日 · On Oct. 15, 1958, the first X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft rolled out of its factory. A joint project among NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy, the X-15 greatly expanded our knowledge of flight at speeds exceeding Mach 6 and altitudes above 250,000 feet.
Dawn Mk-II Aurora - Rocket-Powered Aircraft — Dawn Aerospace
Dawn Aerospace is building an aircraft with the performance of a rocket to bring rapid reusability and fleet economics to spaceflight. A Suborbital Aircraft Mission: To be the first vehicle to fly above 100km altitude, twice in one day.
The X-15 - National Air and Space Museum
2014年3月18日 · Rocket powered North American X-15 in flight. U.S. Air Force Photo. The X-15 was born on October 5, 1954, when the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics decided on the need for a manned hypersonic research airplane.
X-15 Hypersonic Research Program - NASA
2014年2月28日 · Demonstration of a pilot’s ability to control a rocket boosted aerospace vehicle through atmospheric exit. Successful transition from aerodynamic controls to reaction controls and back again.
The X-15, the Pilot and the Space Shuttle - NASA
2009年9月15日 · Fifty years ago in 1959, test pilot Scott Crossfield threw the switch to ignite the twin XLR-11 engines of his North American Aviation X-15 rocket plane and begin the storied test program’s first powered flight.
Neil Armstrong and the X-15 - National Air and Space Museum
2019年7月23日 · NASA research pilot Neil Armstrong following a mission in the first X-15 rocket plane. Image via NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Released from duty in mid-1952, Armstrong returned to Purdue where he earned his degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955.
X-15: The fastest manned rocket plane ever | CNN
2020年7月28日 · Bold, black and blazing fast: The North American X-15 was a plane unlike any other. And although it first flew over 60 years ago, it is still the quickest manned aircraft ever to fly. Shaped more...
Stratolaunch launches 1st rocket-powered flight of hypersonic …
2024年3月12日 · Stratolaunch, a company that aims to launch hypersonic vehicles from the world's largest airplane, aced its first rocket-powered flight on Saturday (March 9) with a historic test over the Pacific...
This Month in NASA History: The X-15 Lands
2021年10月8日 · Tucked beneath its right wing was the X-15—a sleek rocket plane with a heavily reinforced cockpit and a fuselage packed with large fuel tanks and a rocket engine capable of producing 57,000 lb. of thrust.
Across the Hypersonic Divide: Story of the X-15 Rocket Plane - HistoryNet
2017年9月22日 · On the crisp, clear morning of November 9, 1961, a prospector working any of the many small mining claims in the bleak country around Mud Lake would have noticed the telltale broad white contrail signaling the approach of a strange formation of aircraft.
Virgin Galactic set to launch its first commercial rocket plane ...
2023年6月28日 · TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico, June 28 (Reuters) - A three-man crew from Italy is set on Thursday to board a passenger rocket plane operated by Virgin Galactic, the venture British...
Dawn Aerospace Rocket-Powered Aircraft Successfully Completes ...
2024年11月19日 · WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Dawn Aerospace's rocket-powered aircraft successfully completed its first supersonic flight, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, as it moves forward with developing ...
Virgin Galactic launches rocketplane on first commercial sub …
2023年6月29日 · Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic launched its first commercial space flight Thursday, sending three Italian researchers, two company pilots and an astronaut trainer on a high-speed thrill ride...
95 years ago: First Human Rocket-Powered Aircraft Flight
2023年6月12日 · Following World War II, in the US, interest in rocket-propelled aircraft focused on better understanding of aerodynamics in the transonic regime. The X-1 rocket plane, flown between 1946 and 1958, and the first to break the sound barrier in 1947, led to new speed and altitude records.
Virgin Galactic completes first commercial rocket plane flight to …
2023年6月30日 · Virgin Galactic said Unity topped out its flight at an altitude of nearly 52.9 miles (85.1 km). At the apex of the flight, with the rocket shut down, the crew then experienced a few minutes...
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: Hitler’s Hot Rod Rocket Plane
2024年11月22日 · The new rocket motor, the R II-211, would now use a different catalyst known as C-Stoff, which was a 30 percent hydrazine hydrate solution in methanol, in place of the unsatisfactory Z-Stoff ...
Dawn Aerospace's space plane aces first rocket-powered flights …
2023年4月6日 · 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.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches X-37B plane, one of the US military ... - CNN
2023年12月28日 · SpaceX’s hulking Falcon Heavy rocket returned to the skies Thursday evening, and this time it launched a mysterious spacecraft for the US military that will carry out cutting-edge...
Virgin Galactic rocket plane flies to edge of space - BBC
2021年5月22日 · 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,...
Vilnius plane crash: One crew member dead, three survive as cargo plane …
2024年11月25日 · One crew member was killed after a cargo plane crashed early Monday on the outskirts of Vilnius Airport in Lithuania, skidded into a house and burst into flames. Remarkably, three others on board ...
Guide to Manual Engine Controls (MEC) | War Thunder Wiki
2022年12月11日 · Rocket booster/RATO; Plane-specific advise examples; Controllable Elements. Ignition and engine selection. An engine won't function without being turned on, of course. To start or turn off an engine, the default key is "I" and is available on all aircraft, independent of MEC settings. The throttle controls are separate from the ignition; an ...
Plane Operated by DHL Downed in Mystery Crash That Killed One …
6 天之前 · On Monday, the DHL cargo plane lost control on approach to Vilnius Airport in the Lithuanian capital and—just a mile from the runway—skidded through a wooded area before smashing into the two-storey building at around 5.30am local time Monday (22:30 Sunday EST). One person, a male crew member, died.