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Lynx suborbital spaceship takes space tourism another step forward

Jayaprashanth — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:16:05 +0000

The Lynx is a two seater spaceship that is incredibly small for a spacecraft and it promises to take you to the very edge of the earth’s atmosphere, just into space so that you can see the curvature of mother earth and then, turn around and...

Sports Car-like spaceship lets you go for a joyride in space

Asmita — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:50:12 +0000

If vrooming past the neighborhood screaming generally derogatory slogans is no more such a thrill for you, you might consider taking a joyride 38 miles above the earth, just to expand your fun-horizons of course. And that has been made possible by...

XCOR's 5M15 methane-oxygen Engine tested successfully

Vishal — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:20:41 +0000

XCOR Aerospace announced the successful testing of an innovative new test engine named as 5M15. The engine is touted to be the first of its kind that uses a mixture of liquid methane and oxygen as propellants. The test has been performed on...