First flightapprovedApril 30, 2025
Stoke Space
Hopper 2 vertical takeoff and landing test at Moses Lake
Stoke Space successfully flies Hopper 2, its second-stage testbed, at Moses Lake.
Stoke flew Hopper 2, its novel regeneratively cooled heat-shield second-stage testbed, at Moses Lake, Washington. The flight validated controlled VTVL maneuvers critical to the Nova fully reusable architecture.
Headline metrics
| Flight time | ~15 s | |
| Altitude | ~10 m | |
| Site | Moses Lake, WA |
Highlights
- VTVL validatedControlled second-stage maneuver at altitude.
- Heat shield testUnique regen-cooled aerospike configuration.
Resources
- Stoke Hopper 2stokespace.com