Rutan's 31st airplane, the mantis-like Proteus, is multi-mission but one of a kind. Jim Sugar You can always tell a Burt Rutan airplane, just as you can always tell a Dr. Seuss drawing or a ...

Potential missions include reconnaissance, atmospheric research, commercial imaging, and, ultimately, serving as a launch platform for a three-passenger spacecraft (Proteus designer Burt Rutan is ...

In a world crowded with safe thinkers and small ideas, Burt Rutan stands apart as a true living legend. He has spent his life ...

Now, two decades later, Burt Rutan, chief designer of the craft at the company Scaled Composites, reflects on that epic day in an exclusive interview with Space.com. Following the flight ...

Designed by Dick’s younger brother Burt Rutan, this airplane and this one flight will forever speak to the world’s imagination, even as we say farewell to Dick “Killer” Rutan. Dick Rutan ...