Space Flights
Secretive X-37B spaceplane returns from record-breaking two-year mission
The US Space Force’s secretive Boeing X-37B OTV – a highly classified, unmanned, reusable spaceplane – has returned to Earth after successfully completing its sixth operational mission, during which the platform beat its own previous flight duration record by remaining in orbit for 908 days before landing
How Tim Peake's love of flying took him to space
Astronaut Tim Peake's career has taken him from cockpit to capsule. Nick Spall reveals the aircraft that brought him to space and ponders where he might be going next
Virgin Galactic gets green light for passenger flights into space
The news comes at a critical time for owner Richard Branson, as he competes against Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX projects