Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-2 Aurora Space Plane Advances toward Space Missions

Space transport startup Dawn Aerospace flew its Mk-2 Aurora robotic space plane with a rocket engine for the first time in March, a major step toward the company's goal of building a fully and rapidly reusable space plane. Dawn Aerospace plans to begin gradual envelope expansion flights of its suborbital Mk-2 Aurora spaceplane toward a target altitude of 100 km (62.1 mi.) following the completion of an initial rocket-powered flight test campaign. Last week, the...