17 January 2020
SpaceX's last critical test before crewed flights begin
...NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8 am EST (13:00 GMT) Saturday, 18 January, for launch of the company’s In-Flight Abort Test. Backup test opportunities with the same four-hour launch window opening at 8:00 am EST, are available on Sunday, 19 January and...
06 October 2016
Blue Origin New Shepard abort system test successful
... of the crew capsule and booster landing. Credit: Blue Origin The main objective of the flight was to test the abort system. According to Ariane Cornell, who hosted the Blue Origin even webcast, ““Today’s mission is totally...
20 January 2020
SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft
... it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The launch escape test began at 10:30 am EST with liftoff from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission...
15 December 2020
Virgin Galactic test flight fails to reach space
... want and will be expecting from us. As we do with every test flight, we are evaluating all the data, including the root cause ... cabin. And following that flight, we will have another test flight which will include our founder, Sir Richard Branson. ...
23 December 2019
New launch target for SpaceX abort test
... than owning the vehicles. The upcoming in-flight abort test follows a battery of Crew Dragon tests in 2019, some good and some bad. ...Crew launch dates, beyond the SpaceX in-flight launch abort test, are “currently under review”, including the first ...
05 November 2019
Boeing’s Starliner completes pad abort test for commercial crew
... critical safety milestone on Monday in an end-to-end test of its abort system. The Pad Abort Test took place at Launch Complex 32 at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test was designed to verify each of Starliner’s systems...
