STRATOLAUNCH: A GIANT IN THE SKY

With a wingspan greater than the length of a football field at 117 metres (385 feet), the Stratolaunch carrier aircraft dwarfs not just aircraft of the past, but also jets that can be found at airports today, making it the largest aeroplane that’s ever taken to the skies. Longer than the Saturn V rockets that propelled NASA’s Apollo Moon missions and the Skylab space station, the carrier aircraft weighs in at around 600,000 kilograms, including the fully fuelled launch vehicle.