No-Wing Plane

In the early days of the Space Shuttle program, or even before there was one, US scientists continually delved into uncharted territory, with many inquiries soon arising. While NASA was able to take a spacecraft into the atmosphere, it soon became evident that the real test was to bring it back down in one piece. But for all the knowledge that military developers had acquired about aviation, the space frontier still posed an unprecedented challenge. That is, until an engineer from the Flight Research Center unearthed a concept from many decades before: if the wings were a problem for a spacecraft re-entering the Earth, the solution could be to get rid of them! --- Join Dark Skies as we explore the world of aviation with cinematic short documentaries featuring the biggest and fastest airplanes ever built, top-secret military projects, and classified missions with hidden untold true stories. Including US, German, and Soviet warplanes, along with aircraft developments that took pl