reusable spaceplane
C5707
concept
A reusable spaceplane is a winged spacecraft designed to take off, operate, and land multiple times like an aircraft while transporting payloads or crew between Earth and space.
Observed surface forms (5)
- suborbital spaceplane ×3
- reusable spacecraft ×2
- fully reusable spacecraft ×1
- orbital spaceplane ×1
- winged spacecraft ×1
Instances (7)
- Boeing X-37
- Starship via concept surface "fully reusable spacecraft"
- Space Shuttle orbiter via concept surface "winged spacecraft"
- Space Shuttle Columbia via concept surface "reusable spacecraft"
- SpaceShipOne via concept surface "suborbital spaceplane"
- SpaceShipTwo via concept surface "suborbital spaceplane"
- VSS Unity via concept surface "suborbital spaceplane"