Dawn Aerospace's space plane completed its first rocket-powered flight by AndyTomaswick
The Mk II is a drone with no direct pilot in the cockpit, which has plenty of advantages, mainly due to decreases in the project’s physical weight and the testing necessary to certify a vehicle for crewed flight. Unfortunately, that also means that Dawn will only be able to launch cargo rather than taking people into orbit, at least with the current iteration.
On the other hand, Mk III will include a non-reusable second stage that will help lift payloads of up to a ton into suborbital flight and 250kg into orbit itself. Its plane-based first stage will again be reusable, but the second stage will be lost.
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