Space Tourism Company Completes First Test Flight Before Launching Humans In A Balloon
Florida-based Space Perspective has completed its first test flight in a major step toward launching humans in a capsule tied to a balloon. In a statement on September 18, the company highlighted 'extraordinary accomplishments' during the flight of Neptune-Excelsior.
Space Perspective sends balloon and capsule up 100K feet during Gulf of Mexico test flight
The Spaceship Neptune pressurized capsule took a six-hour journey to about 100,000 feet above the Earth's surface before descending for a splashdown.
Florida company’s space balloon takes big step toward first human flight
The Spaceship Neptune-Excelsior performed its first uncrewed test flight soaring to an altitude of 100,000 feet marking a big step toward the Brevard County space tourism company’s march toward its first trip with humans on board next year.
Space Perspective 'marine spaceport' ship returns to Port Canaveral after balloon test flight
Company officials plan to perform about 10 uncrewed test flights, then send up four or five crewed flights before launching commercial service in 2026.
Space Perspective prepares for tourist balloon rides to edge of space
Space Perspective’s Marine Spaceport Voyager arrived at Port Canaveral carrying the Spaceship Neptune fresh off the heels of a successful uncrewed flight test off the coast of St. Petersburg.
Northrop Grumman’s Program Strategy Driving B-21 Raider Forward in Flight Test, Production
Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider program is making great progress as the team executes a robust flight test campaign and scales ...
B-21 Ground Test Airframes Join Flying Pre-Production Raider
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have expanded testing of the B-21 thanks to two ground test articles, which are being ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 Test Flights Toward Supersonic Passenger Jets in 2030-2035
The Boom XB-1 Baby Boom is a one-third-scale trijet supersonic demonstrator designed by Boom Technology as part of ...
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SpaceX fires up 6th Starship to prep for test flight (video, photo)
SpaceX fired up the engines of its sixth Starship vehicle on Wednesday (Sept. 18) to gear up for a test flight that's ...
Small plane in "experimental flight test" makes emergency landing in Wisconsin
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a small plane made an emergency landing on Thursday afternoon on a ...
See the first video showing the US Air Force's B-21 Raider in flight
The B-21 Raider strategic bomber is now flying twice a week, US Air Force officials said, a major step toward the goal of ...
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Test B-21 flying up to twice a week, Northrop reports
The Air Force plans to buy at least 100 B-21s to replace its B-1 and B-2 bombers. Once the Raider enters service, it will ...
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Completes 4th Test Flight
Boom Supersonic today conducted a safe fourth XB-1 test flight in an incremental test program before taking XB-1 supersonic.
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Flight of the Phenix: Start-up completes first phase of flight tests with Ultra 2XL rotorcraft
Uncrewed rotorcraft developer Phenix Solutions has completed a flight-test programme with a full-size prototype of its Ultra ...