Engadget

SpaceX's next Starship prototype will try a 60,000-foot return flight

SpaceX is nearly done with short-hop Starship test flights. Elon Musk has shared (via TechCrunch) that the company’s SN8 Starship prototype should be finished in “about a week,” and will conduct ...
Flying

Half Century of Flight Has Included Some Altitude and Ground Speed

The author's flying career progressed from a used Beechcraft Musketeer to progressively faster and more sophisticated aircraft, culminating in a turbine-powered Piper Cheyenne and later jet aircraft.
SpaceNews

Starship prototype makes first high-altitude flight, explodes upon landing

WASHINGTON — SpaceX performed the first high-altitude test flight of a prototype of its Starship launch vehicle Dec. 9, with the vehicle successfully lifting off the pad but exploding when attempting ...
SpaceNews

World View Flight Tests Groundbreaking Altitude Control Technology

Long-duration stratospheric research missions could allow scientists to collect vast amounts of data continuously for their payloads. Such missions could benefit NASA by maturing future space ...
Flightglobal

Transition altitude - an explanation

The transition altitude is a published height above sea level at which pilots climbing to their cruising level change their barometric altimeter datum from the regional pressure setting to the common ...