Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stratolaunch successfully releases the Talon-0 separation test vehicle from its Roc air-launch platform on May 13, 2023. The world ...

Stratolaunch Roc aircraft carrying Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle. With a wingspan that stretches 385 feet, it’s the widest airplane in operation (Stratolaunch) Editor’s note: This story was updated ...

In May of 2023, Stratolaunch used the Roc to successfully carry and release an unpowered version of the Talon-A (called the TA-0), which proceeded to glide to a landing. Last December a powered ...

Throughout the history of flight, there have been a lot of interesting machines that push what we can imagine, but the Stratolaunch Roc is on a level of its own. Larger than almost all aircraft ever ...

The first TA-1 flight under Stratolaunch’s massive Roc was a critical step in America’s race to close the hypersonic gap. The ...

The gigantic Roc carrier aircraft released TA-0, an expendable prototype of the Talon-A hypersonic aircraft the company is seeking to build. Reading time 2 minutes Stratolaunch, a California-based ...

Stratolaunch’s carrier airplane releases the TA-1 test vehicle for launch. (Stratolaunch via Vimeo) Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by the late Microsoft co ...

In a scene that could have been taken from science fiction, a start-up firm in the USA has achieved a major milestone in the race for reusable hypersonic flight. California-based Stratolaunch ...

US hypersonic development firm Stratolaunch has taken another step toward the first powered flight of its TalonA vehicle. The Mojave, California-based company on 21 November completed taxi testing of ...

California aerospace company Stratolaunch has taken a major step closer to the realization of its planned hypersonic flight launch system. Last weekend, the firm successfully released the TA-0 test ...

MOJAVE, Calif. — In Middle Eastern mythology, the Roc is a large bird, strong enough to carry an elephant in its talons. Stratolaunch's massive Roc aircraft, named after the griffin-like creature, can ...