However, this date has now slipped to late 2025, and it is likely to slip further. This mission will be Artemis III, and back in 2021 the agency was targeting late 2024 for that landing. SpaceX’s Starship was selected in 2021 to be the lunar lander for the agency’s first mission to the surface of the moon since Apollo 17. NASA has finally announced the second lander it’ll use for the Artemis program. Stratolaunch has plans for another expendable Talon-A vehicle to fly in the late summer of this year, but this time it would be performing a powered flight. The video of separation posted on Stratolaunch's LinkedIn: /pnrWCRwdcAįor this drop test, the Talon-A vehicle was not planned to be recovered, and it glided into the ocean intentionally. On the May 13th flight test, Roc was flying for an eleventh time, and Talon-A was flying on its fourth captive flight.
In preparation for actual powered flights, Stratolaunch has been preparing both Roc, Talon-A, and the structures connecting both by flying them multiple times. After the tests are completed, Talon-A would then glide back to a runway landing to be reused on a later flight. Roc would then carry Talon-A to a high altitude to be dropped.Īfter the drop, Talon-A would ignite its single Hadley engine provided by Ursa Major and power through the speed of sound up to hypersonic speeds. To test these capabilities, Talon-A would be carried under Startolaunch’s Roc plane - the largest airplane by wingspan. The little rocketplane would be used for companies or agencies that would like to test certain capabilities in a real-world hypersonic environment. Stratolaunch has been working on developing its reusable hypersonic testbed, Talon-A. Stratolaunch has finally conducted a drop test of their Talon-A vehicle. Reviewing the week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period, including NASA announcing a second lunar lander for Artemis, SpaceX’s Raptor breaking records, and Stratolaunch drop testing Talon-A.
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