In December and again in March, Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 rocket plane launched from the belly of an enormous carrier aircraft over the Pacific Ocean and flew several hundred miles to Vandenberg, a ...

Stratolaunch completed two flights of its autonomous Talon-A2 rocket plane earlier this year, as the US aims to gain ground in its race for hypersonic supremacy with China.

Aurora in flight September 2024 during Flight 55 of Dawn’s test campaigns — completing two rocket-powered missions in a single day, a milestone in high-frequency spaceplane operations.