World's Largest Aircraft Starts Engine Tests
- The double-bodied airplane is designed to serve as a mobile launch platform to carry rockets into low-Earth orbit.
- Stretching 386 feet (118 m) across, the aircraft's wingspan is longer than a professional football field.
- Each of the six engines operated as expected.
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So cool to see space vehicles and exploration taking off again. (No pun intended!) I used to get up early to watch all the space shuttle launches ... including that fateful day when seven brave astronauts lost their lives. That tragedy was the first time a civilian (teacher) was to go into space, too. I cried and cried. Then it all just kind of faded away. The world became far less exciting though my 20's and 30's. But now we back at it again -- AND as a species, not just two cold war contestants, too! SO COOL!
I agree it is exciting. SpaceX has done a lot to reinvigorate spaceflight and now this could dramatically lower the cost of putting satellites into space. Progress is cool.