Test Flight
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Milestone for Make in India: Indigenous Airbus C-295 makes its first flight in Vadodara | WATCH
India | Jun 11, 2026, 09:21 AM ISTThe Final Assembly Line in Vadodara was inaugurated in October 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, highlighting the strategic cooperation behind the project.
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SpaceX's sixth Starship mission partially successful, booster explodes in the ocean
Science | Nov 20, 2024, 10:32 AM ISTSpaceX's recent launch was Starship's sixth test flight, during which the company intentionally pushed Starship to its limits. The company will now make further modifications to Starship before the next flight.
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US: Another setback for Boeing, first Starliner test flight with Sunita Williams delayed again
Science | Jun 02, 2024, 09:35 AM ISTNASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were strapped in the Starliner capsule when a computer abruptly aborted the launch countdown. Boeing's planned crewed test flight has faced a series of delays amid competition with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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Gaganyaan mission: ISRO commences countdown for launch of uncrewed test flight
Science | Oct 21, 2023, 12:01 AM ISTGaganyaan mission: ISRO Chairman S Somanath said that the first test vehicle flight will be conducted on October 21. After that we have planned for three more test missions, D2, D3, D4. We will hold thorough tests during the test flight sequence.
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Gaganyaan Mission Test Flight and Importance of ISRO Mission for India
News | Oct 20, 2023, 05:54 PM ISTISRO has said that it would commence the unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission with the launch of a test vehicle at 8 am on October 21 from Sriharikota spaceport. It said that it will be a short-duration mission and the visibility from the Launch View Gallery (LVG)
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DRDO successfully carries out test flight of Rustom-2 drone
India | Feb 25, 2018, 11:31 PM ISTRustom 2 is being developed on the lines of predator drones of the US to carry out surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) roles for the armed forces with an endurance of 24 hours, officials said.
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Indigenous aircraft Saras successfully completes second test-flight
India | Feb 21, 2018, 11:37 PM ISTIndia's indigenous light transport aircraft Saras was today successfully test flown for a second time here, Union Science and Technology minister Harsh Vardhan said.
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Watch: World's largest aircraft Airlander 10 damaged after crash landing during second test flight
World | Aug 24, 2016, 07:51 PM ISTThe world’s longest aircraft - Airlander 10 has been damaged on its second test flight after it made a bumpy landing in eastern England. Hybrid Air Vehicles says it is trying to figure out
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Navy bringing back NASA's Orion after test flight
World | Dec 09, 2014, 07:18 AM ISTSan Diego: A U.S. Navy ship carrying NASA's new Orion spacecraft was making its way to San Diego on Monday after retrieving the capsule from its Pacific Ocean splashdown point about 600 miles (965 kilometers)
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In Pics: NASA launching new Orion spacecraft on test flight
World | Dec 03, 2014, 11:25 AM ISTCape Canaveral, Florida: NASA's quest to send astronauts out into the solar system begins this week with a two-laps-around-Earth test flight. The new Orion spacecraft is not going to Mars just yet; Thursday's debut will be
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NASA's Orion all set for Dec 4 test flight
World | Nov 29, 2014, 11:35 AM ISTWashington: Designed to carry astronauts to deep space destinations like Mars, NASA's Orion spacecraft is all set to blast off for its first test flight Dec 4.To be launched atop a Delta IV heavy rocket