The aircraft, from the company Stratolaunch, has been eight years in the making. By 2022, the company hopes to use the twin-fuselage, six-engined, catamaran-style aircraft to launch satellite ...

“Stratolaunch came out of the hangar for fuel testing,” Allen said in a tweet that featured an aerial photo of the plane. More pictures were posted to Stratolaunch’s website.

美国平流层发射系统（Stratolaunch）公司近日完成了全球翼展最大的巨型双身运输机第二次试飞。 试飞中，这架翼展385英尺（129米）的巨型双身运输机 ...

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WASHINGTON — Rocket engine maker Ursa Major landed a $32.9 million deal to supply 16 advanced propulsion systems to Stratolaunch for hypersonic flight tests.

At 385 feet, its wingspan is longer than a football field. And now the giant Stratolaunch — the largest plane ever built and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s project to lift rockets into the ...

Stratolaunch Systems is planning to conduct the first flight of the largest airplane in the world by wingspan sometime this summer, as reported by Space News. At the 34th Space Symposium in ...

The world's largest aircraft by wingspan completed a successful first flight over California's Mojave Desert on Saturday. The gigantic, six-engine aircraft known as Stratolaunch has a 385-foot ...

This week, private spaceflight company Stratolaunch tested out the turbofan engines on its behemoth aircraft for the first time — all six of them. The engines were filled with fuel and allowed ...

Nearly a year after it first emerged, the Stratolaunch, the largest plane ever built, is getting ready for its first flight later this year. The aircraft, which weighs approximately 500,000 pounds ...

Private companies like Stratolaunch are developing tech to regain the edge in the hypersonic arms race with innovations like the Talon-A reusable vehicle.

The Stratolaunch is a giant aircraft with a 117m / 386 foot wingspan -- larger than the Spruce Goose or the Saturn V, and nearly half the length of the massive Hindenburg-class airships built ...