The world's largest airplane, weighing more than 500,000 pounds and with a wingspan of 385 feet, may be the future's most affordable and reliable way to carry satellites into space. This past Sunday, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shaped much like a miniature NASA space shuttle, Stratolaunch's uncrewed, rocket-propelled Talon-A2 aircraft detached in midair ...

LOS ANGELES — Billionaire Paul G. Allen's Stratolaunch, a massive aircraft designed to launch rockets into space from high altitude, has been rolled out of its hangar for the first time in preparation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic test vehicle, is modifying its carrier aircraft to support ...

Google's Sergey Brin isn't the only billionaire taking up a lot of hangar space with an ambitious and massive aircraft construction project. For years, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has desired to ...

Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world’s largest airplane. Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A giant six-engine aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California’s Mojave Desert, bringing to life a ...

LOS ANGELES — A giant six-engine aircraft with the world's longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California's Mojave Desert, bringing to life a dream ...

Orbital ATK, Inc. and Stratolaunch Systems today announced a multi-year production-based partnership that will offer significant cost advantages to air-launch customers Stratolaunch Systems, in ...