Stories Related to Stratolaunch, World’s Largest Airplane By Wingspan, Takes Its First Flight

MIHIR ZAVERI, NY Times: Science
Sat, 04/13/2019 - 5:40pm

The crew said it was a smooth maiden voyage for the Stratolaunch, which is designed to carry rockets to blast commercial satellites into space.

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