test flight

Rocket demonstrates its first payload deployment and completes critical heat shield tests in a return to form.

Company’s all-electric Q12 completes a 3-hour, 11-minute flight, beating the previous benchmark by nearly one hour.

What instructors and pilot applicants need to know to make the most of this valuable step

First sortie marks the start of a months-long series of evaluation flights.

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer completes multiple piloted transition flights in the UAE.

Rocket’s upper stage was lost for the third consecutive test flight.

Vehicle travels further than it did on its previous two missions but fails to make it back to Earth in one piece.

FAA says back-to-back explosions on previous flights necessitate larger airspace closures.

Agency nearly doubles the aircraft hazard area after the massive rocket exploded on back-to-back test flights in January and March.

Hulking spacecraft nears a return to action, the SpaceX CEO says.