The Space Shuttle was launched into orbit piggybacking a large rocket-booster launch vehicle and would perform its duties in Earth orbit before entry and landing like a regular aircraft.

At the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China, "HaoLong" space cargo shuttle—a contender ... by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research ...

and blast off into space. Instead, SpaceShipOne would be carried to altitude by WhiteKnightOne, a twin-fuselage carrier aircraft. After separating from its mothership, SpaceShipOne would light its ...

NASA's defunct space shuttles have found homes around the US and the 747s that brought them there have also been put to pasture. With no more shuttle carrier aircraft (SCAs), the agency has no ...