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Notable test flights of spaceflight systems may be listed even if they were not planned to reach space. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending a payload into orbit, whether successful or not) and suborbital flights (e.g. ballistic missiles, sounding rockets, experimental spacecraft).
British airline Virgin Atlantic was an early adopter of the A340; in addition to operating several A340-300 aircraft, Virgin Atlantic announced in August 1997 that it would be the worldwide launch customer for the new A340-600. [84] Virgin performed the first commercial flight of the A340-600 in July 2002. [84]
Flight test First flight of the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launch vehicle. 2033 (TBD) [45] New Glenn: Cape Canaveral LC-36: Blue Origin: Foundational Surface Habitat: NASA: Selenocentric to lunar surface: Lunar surface habitat The Foundational Surface Habitat will be the first component of the Artemis Base Camp lunar outpost. 2033 (TBD) [50 ...
[13] [14] [15] On June 14, 1949, the US launched the first mammal into space, a rhesus macaque monkey named Albert II, on a sub-orbital flight, though Albert II died when the parachute failed. [16] On July 22, 1951, the Soviets launched the Soviet space dogs, Dezik and Tsygan, who were the first dogs in space and the first to safely return. [17]
It was the first-ever nonstop flight between Europe and New Zealand and the longest-ever nonstop flight by an airliner. ... “On a long flight from Hong Kong to London on the A340-300, they would ...
The flights will launch from the vehicle's dedicated pad at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B). The first three flights use the Block 1 configuration with a modified Delta Cryogenic Second Stage known as the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS).
Gilmour Space: Low Earth: Flight test First flight of Eris, and first orbital launch from Bowen. First launch of an Australian developed launch vehicle. February (TBD) [49] Electron: Mahia LC-1: Rocket Lab ⚀ Kinéis × 5 Kinéis: Low Earth: IoT Fifth of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. February (TBD) [74 ...
A few days before that flight, the Mojave Air and Space Port was the first commercial spaceport licensed in the United States. A few hours after that flight, Melvill became the first licensed U.S. commercial astronaut. The overall project name was "Tier One" which has evolved into Tier 1b with a goal of taking a successor ship's first ...