test flight
Example Sentences
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This mission is a test flight designed to inform future treks, such as Artemis IV, a moon landing currently slated for 2028.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Artemis II is a test flight ahead of more ambitious goals, including landing humans on the Moon for the first time since 1972.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
SpaceX delayed the next test flight of its massive Starship rocket, pushing off the highly anticipated mission by at least another month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Despite earlier testing setbacks, the system has recently achieved a successful test flight and is steadily advancing.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
If that test flight worked, we’d borrow money somehow and do it a second time, but for an audience of paying spectators.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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