[Photo: Reaction Engines] This is the Skylon spaceplane. It’s a revolutionary new concept that can take off like a plane before rocketing off into space. The European Space Agency just passed a ...

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Air travel is about to get much faster and less polluting, but it will be another decade before we get to enjoy it. British firm Reaction Engines is working on an engine that will make hypersonic ...

A giant space plane that doubles as a supersonic jet is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Skylon is a privately funded, single-stage-to-orbit vehicle designed to take off and land from a runway, ...

A £6 million ($8.5 million) air-breathing rocket engine technology demonstration programme has been announced after the European Space Agency contributed €1 million ($1.25 million) to it. The ...

Researchers at Reaction Engines Ltd. in the U.K. have designed a reusable, unmanned spaceplane that could take off like an airplane, fly into low-Earth orbit carrying 15 tons of cargo, launch or ...