Flight Test
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Press Releases
Vertical Aerospace Doubles Flight Test Capacity With Final Prototype
Vertical Aerospace (“Vertical” or “Company”) [NYSE:EVTL], a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today announced that its third and final full-scale prototype aircraft has been completed and will begin piloted flight testing following commissioning in January 2026. The aircraft is an exact replica of Vertical’s current full-scale prototype, which is completing transition flight testing at its…
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NASA
NASA, Boeing Complete Successful Landing of Starliner Flight Test
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed the first land touchdown of a human-rated capsule in U.S. history Sunday at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, wrapping up the company’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner settled gently onto its airbags at 7:58 a.m. EST (5:58 a.m. MST) in a pre-dawn landing that helps set the…
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NASA
NASA to Provide Coverage of SpaceX Commercial Crew Flight Test
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the SpaceX Demo-1 flight test to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, which is working with the U.S. aerospace industry to launch astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil for the first time since 2011. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 2:48 a.m. EST Saturday, March…
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