SpaceX Pushes Ahead With Fifth Starship Test Flight Preparation Despite No FAA Launch Approvals In Sight
SpaceX, on Friday, continued to prepare for the fifth test flight of its Starship launch vehicle despite rising tensions with ...
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Star-Crossed Starliner Flight Test Comes To A Close
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Calypso completed a second star-crossed flight test, touching down in the New Mexico desert with the empty seats and spacesuits of the two NASA astronauts who were pulled ...
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Company developing new airliner planning supersonic test flight in E. Kern
A Colorado company hoping to lead a revival of supersonic commercial air travel expects by the end of this year to break the ...
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Boom looks to third XB-1 test flight following successful second sortie
Boom Supersonic’s successful second test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator on 26 August positions the company to accelerate the pace of the flight-test programme, with a third flight potentially c ...
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Boeing Responds After Suspending 777X Test Flights
Boeing told FLYING that no near-term flight tests were planned on the other flight test airplanes, which have scheduled maintenance and layup activities. There are three 777X aircraft being used ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aces 2nd test flight
The flight demonstrated landing gear being retracted and extended for the first time, and a new digital stability augmentation system was tested to improve handling. The test marks another step ...
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Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says
After more than three months in space, Starliner's 10-day Crew Flight Test (CFT) has finally concluded. The Boeing spacecraft made a successful landing over the weekend, parachuting to a soft ...
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Supersonic Flight Edges Closer To The Airport As Boom XB-1 Nails Its Second Test
Today, the company has announced the second successful test flight ... these aviation giants plan on managing the high fuel costs and staying profitable with supersonic flight services would ...
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'We're confident in it': Boeing Starliner's parachute team readies for Crew Flight Test landing without astronauts on Sept. 7
6. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched on Crew Flight Test, the first human launch with Boeing Starliner, on June 5. They were supposed to make a re-entry and landing on the ...
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Boom completes its second test flight, moves closer to supersonic attempt
Boom Supersonic said Monday it has completed the second test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator ... The “baseline” plan is to build one more just like it here, Scholl said.
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US aerospace startup completes second supersonic jet test flight
Reuters spoke with CEO Blake Scholl ahead of XB-1's second test flight. “Imagine being able to vacation in Australia instead of Hawaii. Imagine being able to take a day trip to London.
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‘SpaceBalloon’ Lifts Off in Stratospheric Test Flight
That strange sight was the second test flight of the Spaceship Neptune-Excelsior, a test capsule designed and built by U.S. startup Space Perspective. For the price of a $125,000 ticket ...