This successful follow-up mission, recently undertaken on March 24 of this year, follows in the wake of the Talon-A2 vehicle's initial first hypersonic flight and runway recovery back on Dec. 20 ...

Stratolaunch has two carrier aircraft for taking Talon-A to its intended launch altitude: Spirit of Mojave, a Boeing-made 747-400 aircraft; and Roc, a much larger, two-fuselage aircraft with a 385 ...