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History has been made by Stratolaunch, a hypersonic flight test research company headquartered in Mojave, California. The fully autonomous Talon-A2, equipped with landing gear, has successfully exceeded speeds of Mach five and completed its second autonomous landing at Vandenburg Space Force Base. This mission documentary follows the first recovered... show more

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Phoenix𝕏1 year ago

this is so crazy. I don’t know how I haven’t heard about you guys before congratulations.!!!

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seruriermarshal1 year ago

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Marty B.1 year ago

Great video. Love all the context and seeing the people that made this happen. Congrats on the mission!

John Antczak1 year ago

Vandenberg

Salman Ahmad1 year ago

Is that the same heat shield as that of Starship or from the 1970s... Silica Heat shield tiles?

NominalJoe🌎🍻🚀1 year ago

When did this happen?

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