
Under a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to demonstrate a commercial capability for launching from sea, The Spaceport Company on Tuesday said it successfully launched a sub-scale hypersonic test rocket on Aug. 31 from a ship in the Gulf of Mexico, opening a new hypersonic test range for customers. The launch of the Evolution Space rocket as part of DIU’s Novel Responsive Space Delivery (NRSD) project followed two awards from the DoD’s innovation arm, a $1.5 million contract…