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Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.
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ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)
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—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
Even after digital computers arrived, analog computers remained popular into the 1970s, especially for simulations (they were used to drive flight simulators for the X-15 [pdf] rocket plane and early spacecraft).
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2015
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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
Even after digital computers arrived, analog computers remained popular into the 1970s, especially for simulations (they were used to drive flight simulators for the X-15 [pdf] rocket plane and early spacecraft).
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2015
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“Rocket plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocket%20plane. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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