Articles about Stratolaunch

Stratolaunch carrier airplane releases TA-1 test vehicle

Stratolaunch’s air-launched test vehicle goes supersonic in its first powered flight

Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: The company’s mammoth… Read More

We have separation: Stratolaunch reaches milestone with release of test payload

California-based Stratolaunch, the venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, released a separation test vehicle for the first… Read More

Air Force Research Lab agrees to support Stratolaunch’s first hypersonic flight test

Stratolaunch, the company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen more than a decade ago, says it’s won a contract from… Read More

Stratolaunch flies mammoth airplane with separation test vehicle hooked onto it

Stratolaunch — the air-launch company founded by the late Seattle software billionaire Paul Allen — put a test version of… Read More

Stratolaunch ascends to new heights with successful test of world’s biggest airplane

Stratolaunch says its mammoth carrier airplane rose to its highest altitude yet during its seventh flight test over California’s Mojave… Read More

Stratolaunch lands its mammoth airplane early after a flight test that didn’t meet all of its objectives

Stratolaunch says the sixth flight test of its super-sized Roc carrier airplane ended earlier than planned when the team ran… Read More

Stratolaunch celebrates Star Wars Day with fifth flight of its giant airplane, featuring a new pylon

Stratolaunch took the “fifth” on May the 4th, otherwise known as Star Wars Day. Today brought the fifth flight test… Read More

World’s widest airplane flexes its landing gear during Stratolaunch’s fourth test flight

Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen a decade ago, successfully conducted a full test of the… Read More

Stratolaunch’s huge airplane aces its third flight test, building on Paul Allen’s legacy

The mammoth airplane that got its start with backing from the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen took to the air… Read More

‘We are airborne!’ Stratolaunch sends the world’s biggest plane on second test flight

Stratolaunch, the aerospace company founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen, put the world’s biggest airplane through its second… Read More

Stratolaunch teams up with Calspan and makes progress on hypersonic flight plan

Stratolaunch, the aerospace company founded by the late Seattle tech titan Paul Allen, is gearing up on several fronts for… Read More

Stratolaunch resurrects its hypersonic rocket vehicle under a new name: Talon-A

Now that it’s under new management, Stratolaunch is retooling a concept for a rocket-powered hypersonic vehicle that it first unveiled… Read More

After ownership change, Stratolaunch confirms that it’s still working on hypersonic vehicles

It’s been three months since ownership of the Stratolaunch space venture was transferred from the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s… Read More

Exclusive: Buyer of Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is secretive Trump ally

The new owner of Stratolaunch, the space venture started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is Steve Feinberg, a secretive… Read More

Stratolaunch air-launch venture says it’s been transferred to new owners by Paul Allen’s Vulcan

Stratolaunch, the company that was founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen in 2011 to build a flying launch… Read More

Stratolaunch rebuilds team for the world’s biggest plane after Paul Allen’s death

Stratolaunch is hiring — nearly a year after the death of its billionaire backer, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and five… Read More

$400 million? Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is up for sale, sources say

Sources say Vulcan Inc. is looking to sell Stratolaunch, the space venture founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen,… Read More

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

Stratolaunch, the aerospace venture founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, sent the world’s biggest airplane into the air… Read More

FAA certificate offers new details on Stratolaunch’s plans for test flights of world’s largest aircraft

The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the world’s largest airplane for takeoff — but it’s not yet clear exactly when… Read More

Stratolaunch space venture sharply scales back its operations, months after Paul Allen’s death

Stratolaunch, the Seattle-based space venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen seven years ago, says it’s discontinuing its programs to… Read More

Stratolaunch gets world’s biggest airplane ready for takeoff with 136 mph taxi test

Stratolaunch, the aerospace venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says its twin-fuselage, six-engine aircraft raced as fast as 136… Read More

On the fast track: Stratolaunch says its rocket engine preburner has hit full power

Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch Systems’ rocket engine development effort: The Seattle-based space company founded by late Microsoft co-founder… Read More

Stratolaunch completes milestone preburner test firing for PGA rocket engine

Stratolaunch Systems, the space venture founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it has successfully completed the first hot-fire test… Read More

Paul Allen’s passing leaves unfinished business on Stratolaunch’s space frontier

Seattle billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen’s death comes just as his Stratolaunch space venture is counting down to the first flight… Read More

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

The world’s biggest airplane, built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems, is one step closer to making its first… Read More

NanoRacks names its space outpost team, including Stratolaunch and Olis Robotics

It takes a village to raise an space outpost, and NanoRacks’ array of villagers includes Stratolaunch as well as Olis… Read More

Paul G. Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is lifting the veil on its PGA rocket engine

The name of Stratolaunch Systems’ home-grown rocket engine leaves no doubt about who’s footing the bill: It’s called the PGA,… Read More

Stratolaunch’s plane spotted from space

How big is the world’s biggest airplane? So big that it shows up clearly in a black-and-white photo taken by… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems lays out a roadmap for hypersonic rocket planes

Stratolaunch Systems, the aerospace company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’s exploring the development of a series of… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems puts its brand on the world’s biggest airplane

The mammoth plane that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is testing at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port now… Read More