Space Force Wants 'Orbital Carriers' To Deploy Spacecraft In Orbit. The United States Space Force—the newest branch of the US military—is planning to build and launch the first-ever 'orbital ...

The U.S. Space Force is developing an orbital “aircraft carrier” that could rapidly deploy new spacecraft.. The Seattle-based Gravitics was awarded the $60 million contract to create a system ...

It will also be carrying a full-size replica space shuttle, Independence, on its back, creating an 8-story exhibit open for tours. Artist rendering of "The Shuttle and 747 Carrier" public ...

The colossal Stratolaunch carrier plane rolled out of its hangar at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California, today (May 31) to undergo fueling tests. It's the first public look at the ...

Spaceport America welcomed a new tenant this week, announcing a two-year lease with a Japanese space startup aiming to achieve orbital flight. Tokyo-based Innovative Space Carrier and its Boulder ...

Soviet-era space shuttle carrier aircraft destroyed in Russian attack on Ukraine. News. By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated 28 February 2022 The AN-225 Antonov "Mriya" ("Dream") will fly no more.

WASHINGTON — Designers and engineers at Scaled Composites in Mojave, Calif., are busily working on the large WhiteKnightTwo jet aircraft to get it ready for a special rollout ceremony now tar… ...

Along with one of the carrier planes, known as SCA 905, Space Center Houston was awarded a shuttle mock-up called Independence, which was formerly on display at Kennedy.

McGrath argues that the aircraft carrier’s flexibility as a combat system—with its principal weapon, the Air Wing—is unmatched. Take the USS Enterprise as an example, says McGrath.