Press Releases
22 May 2009
Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, visits Reaction Engines Ltd

Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, has paid a visit to Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire. The Minister expressed his interest in the work of REL and in the future of reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), such as SKYLON.

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19 February 2009
ESA Award to Reaction Engines Ltd

The SKYLON spaceplane is one step closer to realization thanks to European Space Agency and UK Government support for revolutionary British propulsion technology.

A reusable spaceplane that can take off from a conventional aircraft runway, carry over twelve tonnes to orbit and then return to land on the same runway could be less than a decade away thanks to a one million euro award by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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