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California's Stratolaunch has announced the successful completion of its 12th test flight, where its six-engine, 385-ft wingspan Roc carrier aircraft took to the air for a captive carry test of a Talon-A hypersonic vehicle hauling live propellant.

NASA has powered up the core stage of its SLS rocket, completing an eight-minute hot-fire test of its four RS025 engines. The core stage is the largest rocket element ever built by NASA and is designed to carry astronauts to the Moon and beyond.

Getting to Earth from the ISS by jumping out of an airlock with a parachute may seem daft, but a group of students are trying just that with a CubeSat. According to NASA, TechEdSat-4 will use an parachute-like "exo-brake" to slow it down enough to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

NASA announced on Tuesday that Blue Origin successfully test fired its new BE-3 hydrogen/oxygen rocket engine at the company’s West Texas facility in Van Horn. The test was a series of static firings to simulate the engine sequence of an actual suborbital flight from lift off to landing

On October 8, three teams in various parts of the world participated in an unprecedented simultaneous test of three experimental spacesuits as part of World Space Walk 2013, which aims to set standards for developing suits for the future exploration of the planet Mars.

Blue Origin successful test fired its 100,000 lb (444,840 N) thrust BE-3 liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine thrust chamber.

A 1,000 mph (Mach 1.4, 1,600 km/h) car came a step closer to reality today when the BLOODHOUND SSC team successfully test fired the vehicle’s rocket motor system.

Russia has announced the test flight of its first fifth-generation fighter aircraft, the PAKFA T-50.

NASA has dropped a small helicopter 35ft to test a new airbag system it hopes will lessen the destructive force of a crash.

Earlier this month, the Airborne Laser system finally got a chance to prove its worth by locating, tracking and successfully firing on a target missile.