Stratolaunch, a company that aims to launch hypersonic vehicles from the world's largest airplane, aced its first rocket-powered flight on March 9, 2024. The massive Roc carrier plane launched its expendable prototype vehicle Talon-A1 (T-A1) during a test flight that took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Once achieving sufficient altitude above 20,000 feet, the curve-nosed vehicle is dropped from "Roc