National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Jonny Kim safely arrived on a Russian spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, hours after taking off from ...

The Skylon spaceplane concept promises a future where spacecraft launch like planes and reach orbit in a single stage. Powered by the revolutionary SABRE engine, Skylon’s hybrid air-breathing ...

Spindly, sexy, from outer space... Not Bowie, but The Skylon — the 300ft-tall spacecraft, which landed on the South Bank two decades before anyone knew who Ziggy Stardust was.

Cheaper Space Travel Many of REL's recent developments come thanks to the European Space Agency (ESA), which is working with the firm in order to secure cost-efficient space transportation. In ...

That would be a huge savings over the Space Shuttle, which was about $10,000, according to NASA. (One reason NASA’s estimate is so high relative to SpaceX or Skylon is not just that the Shuttle ...

SABRE and the Skylon space plane were invented by Alan Bond and his team of engineers at Reaction Engines. Bond now works three days a week for the company in a chief scientist/chief engineer role.

There are several reasons why Skylon remains uncompetitive when compared with even the partially reusable (let alone the fully reusable) Falcon rockets: Skylon costs about 30 times more than a ...

We need a space-plane hybrid of sorts – a reusable vehicle designed for many journeys. The SKYLON project As luck would have it, there might soon be just such a vehicle.

The £20.6 million ($31.7 million) investment, which accounts for a 20 percent stake in the company, will be used to develop the engine, with REL also planning their own space plane known as Skylon.

Horizontally-launched space vehicles could include a future "single stage to orbit" vehicle such as the Skylon concept from Reaction Engines, or more realistically, an "air launch to orbit ...

Introducing LAPCAT A2, a modified SKYLON. Could this space plane change how you travel around the globe? Photo source: Reaction Engines. The article Air Force Seeks "Holy Grail" in New Space Engine.