The sole S-37 first flew on September 25 1997. Though only one was made, its Batman-like aesthetic earned it a lasting place ...

The world's biggest airplane just notched another huge milestone. Stratolaunch's Roc carrier plane aced its first-ever drop test on Saturday (May 13), successfully releasing a prototype of the company ...

Stratolaunch's Roc aircraft, with the world's largest wingspan, successfully completed its tenth flight, including a third captive carry test flight with the Talon-A hypersonic testbed vehicle. The ...

In the legendary series of Arabian folklore, "The One Thousand and One Nights," the Roc is a gigantic mythological bird, said to be so enormous in size that it would carry off an elephant the same way ...

Stratolaunch Roc aircraft carrying Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle. With a wingspan that stretches 385 feet, it’s the widest airplane in operation (Stratolaunch) Editor’s note: This story was updated ...

Stratolaunch is a company that plans to launch hypersonic vehicles not from a runway on the ground but from beneath an airplane soaring high into the Earth's atmosphere. The aircraft that will launch ...

The sixth test flight for Stratolaunch’s Roc was abruptly shortened Thursday over California’s Mojave Air and Space Port (KMHV) after a sensor malfunctioned near the airplane’s left elevator on the ...

Stratolaunch Roc aircraft carrying Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle. With a wingspan that stretches 385 feet, it’s the widest airplane in operation (Stratolaunch) (AP) — U.S. aerospace company ...

Roc carried a prototype of Stratolaunch's planned air-launched Talon hypersonic vehicle on Friday's flight (Jan. 13). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Roc, the massive bi-fuselage carrier plane operated by hypersonic vehicle manufacturer Stratolaunch, took off from California's Mojave Desert for its sixth test flight on Thursday (June 9) but ended ...

Stratolaunch brings its largest aircraft up to date for its fifth test flight, and the "Roc" completed as much as five hours over the Mojave Desert to prove that it is a capable vehicle for mass ...

Stratolaunch says it is on track to begin its first Talon hypersonic vehicle flight test by the end of 2022 following the successful completion of the Roc carrier aircraft’s third test flight from ...