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1:45pm, 3rd April, 2019

Uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi delayed; crewed flight to be extended

Technicians at the Boeing Space Environment Test Facility in El Segundo, Calif., position a Starliner spaceship inside an acoustic test chamber. (Boeing Photo) NASA today confirmed that the first uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi...

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

10:25pm, 13th November, 2018

Space

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl carrier airplane taxis down a runway at Victorville Airport in California with a LauncherOne rocket slung under one of its wings. (Virgin Orbit via Twitter) British billionaire Richard Branson’s notched another milestone ov...

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

10:47pm, 11th October, 2018

Space

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

Mountains loom in the distance as Stratolaunch Systems’ twin-fuselage airplane is taken out for testing at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. (Stratolaunch Photo via Twitter) The world’s biggest airplane, built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen...

6:16am, 6th October, 2018

Space

Boeing and SpaceX reschedule Starliner and Dragon space taxi flight tests for 2019

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner are being developed to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station for NASA. (SpaceX / Boeing Illustrations) NASA says we’ll have to wait until 2019 to see the first orbital tes...

10:17pm, 2nd August, 2018

Space

NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next April

An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship docking with the International Space Station, plus a cargo-carrying version of the Dragon in the foreground. (SpaceX Illustration via NASA) NASA today for flying astronauts to the Internatio...

8:42pm, 1st August, 2018

Space

Boeing resets test schedule for Starliner space taxi; first crewed flight in mid-2019

An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which is designed to carry astronauts and cargo to and from the International Space Station. (Boeing Illustration) has forced Boeing to rearrange the sequence of tests for its Starl...

11:08am, 23rd July, 2018

Space

Engine test anomaly deals setback to Boeing’s plans for Starliner space taxi

Aerojet Rocketdyne conducts a 2016 test firing of the launch abort engines designed for use on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi. The engines feature a new type of propellant valves. (Aerojet Rocketdyne Photo) Boeing confirms that it experienced...

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Uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi delayed; crewed flight to be extended

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

Boeing and SpaceX reschedule Starliner and Dragon space taxi flight tests for 2019

NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next April

Boeing resets test schedule for Starliner space taxi; first crewed flight in mid-2019

Engine test anomaly deals setback to Boeing’s plans for Starliner space taxi

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