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2:25pm, 13th April, 2019

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch flies world’s biggest plane for the first time: ‘Paul would have been proud’

Stratolaunch’s twin-engine airplane makes its first flight. (Stratolaunch Photo) , the aerospace venture founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, sent the world’s biggest airplane into the air today for its first flight test. The twin-fus...

2:17pm, 22nd February, 2019

Space

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane carries three people for first time

The SpaceShipTwo rocket plane known as VSS Unity touches down at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port after the first subrorbital space test flight to have three people aboard. (Virgin Galactic Photo) followed up on by sending up its first non-pil...

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

10:47pm, 11th October, 2018

Space

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

Mountains loom in the distance as Stratolaunch Systems’ twin-fuselage airplane is taken out for testing at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. (Stratolaunch Photo via Twitter) The world’s biggest airplane, built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen...

11:44pm, 26th September, 2018

Space

Stratolaunch’s plane spotted from space

Stratolaunch’s giant airplane sits outside its hangar at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port in a picture captured on Sept. 22 by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-1 satellite from an altitude of more than 300 miles. Click on the image for a larger version...

12:16pm, 20th August, 2018

Space

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch unveils plans for new family of rockets (and a space plane)

Artwork shows Stratolaunch’s giant carrier plane and several classes of launch vehicles, including Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus rocket, a medium-class rocket and its heavy-lift variant, and a fully reusable space plane. (Stratolaunch Illustration) , th...

2:28pm, 26th July, 2018

Space

SpaceShipTwo rocket plane pushes the envelope in third supersonic test flight

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, fires up its hybrid rocket motor during a supersonic test flight. (MarsScientific.com and Trumbull Studios via Virgin Galactic) sent its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, to its highest-eve...

1:12pm, 26th July, 2018

Space

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane sails through third supersonic flight

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, lands after a test flight. (Virgin Galactic Photo) sent its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, through its third powered test flight today to gather more data on the craft’s aerodynamics at...

1:20pm, 10th July, 2018

Space

Rocket engine scores ‘perfect 10’ in 10-day test for Phantom Express space plane

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR-22 rocket engine fires during a test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. (NASA / DARPA Photo) A rocket engine built from spare space shuttle parts — and the team behind the engine — passed a grueling 10-day, 10-firi...

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Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch flies world’s biggest plane for the first time: ‘Paul would have been proud’

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane carries three people for first time

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

Stratolaunch’s plane spotted from space

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch unveils plans for new family of rockets (and a space plane)

SpaceShipTwo rocket plane pushes the envelope in third supersonic test flight

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane sails through third supersonic flight

Rocket engine scores ‘perfect 10’ in 10-day test for Phantom Express space plane

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