03 October 2021
Test Gods - Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race
... As the book’s title suggests, it is ultimately a celebration of the test pilots whose day-to-day work involves putting their lives on the line. In... by Mark Stucky in one of the early tests of SpaceShipTwo, but the story becomes especially voyeuristic...
29 April 2019
Preparing for an asteroid impact - test underway now!
... on 26 March 2019 and has been given its name by the IAU’s Minor Planet Center. Those in the test have been given the following unfolding circumstances in order to formulate a plan to minimise casualties and to prepare for...
20 July 2018
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: The NASA Mission Reports
... Apollo spacecraft for an historic political meeting in orbit at the height of the Cold War. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), which took place in 1975, was a surprise to many at the time, but presaged the cooperative...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
...are not found naturally on Earth. In order to test instruments or analyse rover capabilities for future missions, these... have been used for plant growth experiments, radiation shielding tests and 3D printing capabilities. A building block weighing 1.5...
05 December 2016
VSS Unity makes successful first glide flight test
...in a wide variety of real-world flight conditions. These preliminary test flights have clearly done their job, as VSS Unity took to... the skies for 1hr 20 minutes in its first gliding test flight and achieved a maximum speed of approximately Mach 0.6. ...
15 April 2020
Successful test clears the way for Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch
...Mojave Air and Space Port on Sunday (April 12). “This test will be a complete, end-to-end launch rehearsal that exercises ... "That's a wrap on today's rehearsal, the final major test before our upcoming launch demo. We'll have more updates very soon ...
