When a ballistic missile's reentry vehicle gets about 30 kilometers from earth, contact with air causes heat and friction that makes the incoming warhead glow. A successful warhead should then ...

Vandenberg Space Force Base held a test launch Monday night of an unarmed Lockheed Martin reentry vehicle meant to eventually be able to deploy a thermonuclear warhead as part of the United States ...

The El Segundo, California-based company is developing orbital platforms and re-entry vehicles to enable mass manufacturing and research in space. In Orbit’s plans are more than a little ...