llamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to SpaceflightEnglish · 8 months agoVirgin Galactic has ceased flying its only space plane. Now what?arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkVirgin Galactic has ceased flying its only space plane. Now what?arstechnica.comllamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to SpaceflightEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoThere’s also this space plane that’s flying currently, x37. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37 There’s also dream chaser that’s launching soon.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoAnd don’t forget Shenlong!
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoYeah! Not as many pictures of that one though. I think this is it? Or is that just a pic of the x37? R wiki said it should have one vertical stabilizer rather than two. Or is this it?
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoYeah, the top image is just an X-37B. The bottom image appears to be a prototype used for glide tests in 2007. I’m not aware of any images of the current version.
There’s also this space plane that’s flying currently, x37.
There’s also dream chaser that’s launching soon.
And don’t forget Shenlong!
Yeah! Not as many pictures of that one though.
I think this is it? Or is that just a pic of the x37? R wiki said it should have one vertical stabilizer rather than two.
Or is this it?
Yeah, the top image is just an X-37B. The bottom image appears to be a prototype used for glide tests in 2007. I’m not aware of any images of the current version.