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Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025 Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)
Going to SXSW 2025?—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025 These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025 July 12, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. EDT Listen 7 min
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Joe Engle, the last surviving member of the test pilots who skimmed the edge of space on the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s and who later orbited the Earth on space-shuttle missions, died July 10 at his home in Houston.—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 12 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for rocket plane
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