Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

Did the U.S. Build the SR-91 Aurora as the SR-71’s Hidden Successor?

The SR-91 Aurora, purported replacement for the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, is a rumor with scant evidence for its existence. While there was a suggestion from a budget code name and one reported ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

Inside the SR-91 Aurora Mystery: Hypersonic Aircraft or Aviation Myth?

Few legends of aviation history enthrall like the story of the SR-91 Aurora, an alleged hypersonic plane said to have achieved speeds of over Mach 5. The story of the Aurora has become inextricably ...
autoevolution

First Civilian Aircraft to Go Hypersonic After the Concorde Is Called Mk-II Aurora

Humanity has always strived to go a lot faster than biology allows, and to meet that goal it developed all sorts of machines for air, land, and sea. But, because most things are not created equal, not ...
New Atlas

Rocket plane makes first civil supersonic flight since Concorde

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...
Mississippi State University

MSU’s Raspet collaborates with Aurora Flight Sciences, advancing UAS capabilities for first responders

Raspet is the nation’s leading academic research center dedicated to the advancement of UAS. As part of MSU’s longstanding ...