Five for flying! #TeamBoeing completed a first for our... test fleet: five 777-9 jets airborne in 24 hours. During the two-day campaign, the team conducted systems, propulsion and interior tests and reached a first-flight milestone. They completed six flights, nearly 18 hours of flight testing and additional ground tests.show more

Just over a day after arriving to Massey's, Starship... Booster 20 got to work, with a first cryo test completed, over the course of around 10 hours. It remains to be seen if SpaceX has plans for further tests, or this completes this stage of the pre-flight testing for the booster ahead of flight 13. NSF - NASASpaceflight.com |show more

#NEWS: The all-new #G400 has completed its first flight,... flying for 2 hours and 54 minutes, officially launching the flight test program. The G400 defines a new industry standard with the highest performance and greatest comfort ever experienced in this segment. More details and behind-the-scenes coverage to follow. ✔️✈️show more

Docking? ✅ Our Blue Docking System team successfully completed... soft capture system testing at @NASA_Johnson's Six-Degree-Of-Freedom Dynamic Test facility. This test completes a key milestone on our Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) contract. The fully vertically integrated system will fly first on our Blue Moon MK2 Lunar Lander, then on Orbital Reef and future vehicles. This marks the first time we have confirmed the performance of our pressurized docking system in flight-like scenarios, meeting International Docking System Standard requirements.show more

Tejas Mk-2 rollout completed. The indigenous MWF has entered... the pre flight phase, with its maiden flight scheduled for June 2026. 🇮🇳 With rollout complete, CEMILAC will issue First Flight Clearance (FFC) after certifying ground functional checks, engine ground runs, flight control laws, emergency systems, and also the low & high speed taxi trials.show more

Our Blue Ghost Mission 2 milestones are stacking up...... 22 feet to be exact! The team completed structure qualification testing at NASA JPL on our fully stacked Blue Ghost lander and Elytra Dark orbiter model. After a series of vibration and acoustic tests, this milestone helps prove our spacecraft are equipped to withstand the intense environments they’ll experience during launch and in transit to the Moon. Congrats to the team and thanks JPL for the hospitality at y'alls historic test facility. More on the mission here:show more

The first flight of the Block 3 Starship took... a major step forward following the successful Static Fire tests for both Booster 19 and Ship 39. ➡️show more

Boeing 777X era is here! Yesterday, the first production... 777-9 for Lufthansa (customer configured with full cabin) took its maiden flight from Everett. The teal beauty flew 3+ hours... a major milestone after years of delays. First delivery targeted for 2027. Folding wingtips + GE9X engines incoming.show more

Tomorrow at 22:00 Isar will launch their first test-flight... of Spectrum with a payload intended for Space! The mission carries five CubeSats and one experiment and aims to validate the vehicle’s critical systems under operational conditions. The EU's Space Renaissance 🇪🇺🚀show more

Stage 2 testing is officially underway at NASA Stennis... 🚀 The campaign kicked off with successful cryoproof, loading the stage with cryogenic fluids and pressurizing it beyond expected flight loads to validate its structural integrity, followed by COPV manifold proof testing to verify the high-pressure system that will pressurize propellants during flight. These tests also marked the activation of A2, bringing together the infrastructure, flight hardware, ground and vehicle software, and the integrated team of test, launch, and vehicle engineers. Next up: hot fire capable assembly work, then back to the stand ahead of stage hot fire testing. 🔥show more

Starship Flight 14 hardware has now cleared its biggest... propulsion-test milestones SpaceX completed a full-duration 33-engine static fire of Booster 21 at Starbase • Ship 41 → full-duration 6-Raptor static fire • Booster 21 → full-duration 33-Raptor static fire Both vehicles have now completed their major engine tests for Flight 14 Next up: vehicle integration, stacking and final launch preparations as SpaceX works toward the official launch date Starship Flight 14 is getting very close to launchshow more

Japan Test-Flies Reusable Rocket: JAXA completed its first successful... vertical-takeoff and landing flight of the experimental RV-X rocket. The test lasted under a minute but hit every metric, pushing Japan closer to competing with low-cost commercial launch systems.show more

Thank you Aviation Week for the award in recognition... of our full-scale precooler testing with the @prattandwhitney F100 engine! These tests were a major propulsion milestone for our next aircraft, Quarterhorse Mk 2, and pave the way for our full-range, air-breathing hypersonic engine which combines a turbine with a ramjet.show more

Airbus is innovating faster than ever before, having successfully... completed the longest flight ever, over 24 hours, and testing new Jet Engine desgins with propellers for more efficiency, and using lasers to make even faster communication than Starlink possible. European Pride!show more

In January, we delivered our second aircraft to DoD... customers at Edwards Air Force Base. This historic lakebed is where Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, and where the Enterprise space shuttle prototype completed a series of approach and landing flight trials. It's an honor for us to conduct testing of our electric air taxi on this hallowed ground.show more

Our flight controls software is ready for system integration... testing, bringing us one step closer to Midnight’s first piloted flight. Archer’s engineers test our software across a wide range of conditions and locations—simulating the kinds of situations that pilots may encounter in the field.show more

👀 Kall Morris Inc.’s REACCH system capturing a target... object during testing on the ISS. Instead of a single small satellite test, the team completed 172 test runs, validating the system for debris removal and in-orbit relocation: #SpaceDebris #ISSshow more

It takes skill, heart and a whole lot of... dedication to do what our flight attendants do every day. As the team members who spend the most time with our customers, they are truly the heart and soul of our airline. They’re resourceful, resilient and reassuring, and they make every journey feel a little more comfortable and a lot more special. To the nearly 28,000 flight attendants at American, thank you for everything you do. Happy Flight Attendant Appreciation Day!show more

NSF - NASASpaceflight.com A few hours later the Ship... QD support assembly was transported for storage at Sanchez, a promising sign that SpaceX has completed ship testing ahead of flight 10. Stay tuned to NSF - NASASpaceflight.com and Starbase Live as we continue to count down to the launchshow more