vertical takeoff

The government research agency says it will spend $150 million to develop a fast airplane that can take off and land like a helicopter.

NASA’s Project M, an awesome concept to use vertical launch systems to send robonauts to the moon, is still moving...

One step closer to the dream?

Private space travel has long been dominated by visionary entrepreneurs. Now that the largest aerospace company in Europe has decided to build a tourist rocket, will the race to the stars finally take off?

When there’s no safe escape, call in the Mules: These unmanned aerial vehicles could save lives on the battlefield—and off

Several futuristic aircraft in this issue look not only real but well used. It's all a matter of canny computer rendering.