Everyday Test Flying

The stereotypical image of a test pilot is a Yeageresque individual in a flight suit with a test card strapped to one knee, ...
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X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft for monitoring

NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
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NASA Cuts Starliner Flights, Next Mission to Fly Cargo Only

“Just one more thruster failure and we’d have lost six-degrees-of-freedom control.” That stark recollection from astronaut Butch Wilmore during Boeing’s Crew Flight Test in June 2024 encapsulates the ...
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SpaceX Starship Flight 10 Scrubbed Aug 24, Success on Aug 26

The tenth test flight of SpaceX Starship is scheduled for Sunday, August 24, with the launch window opening at 6:30 p.m. CT. The booster on this flight test is attempting several flight experiments to ...
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SpaceX’s troubled Starship prototype pulls off successful flight after months of explosive mishaps

• SpaceX launched the 10th test flight of its Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket booster tonight. Both achieved successful splashdowns on opposite sides of the world during the roughly ...
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SpaceX scrubs 10th Starship test flight due to weather

Aug. 25 (UPI) --SpaceX scrubbed a second attempt to launch its 10th Starship test flight Monday night from Starbase, Texas, due to weather. The launch was called off after some clouds violated ...
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Starship's Eleventh Flight Test Will Mimic the Upper Stage's Return to the Launch Site

It's been a painfully long time getting here, but it would seem the monumental Starship is finally in a position to fly not solely to prove it can do so, but to fine-tune some of the most sensitive ...