test flight

NOUN

rehearsal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drill practice session reading recital tryout workout

STRONG

call description experiment going-over practice prep readying recitation recounting relation run through shakedown

WEAK

dry run rehearsing retelling trial balloon trial performance

Antonyms

WEAK

cold turkey

NOUN

trial run

Synonyms

WEAK

bench test dry run dummy run practical test practice run rehearsal road test spot check taste test trial trials tryout

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Another is Anduril, a US defence technology company which carried out its first test flight of a fighter jet without a pilot in February.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The third-generation Starship is designed for lunar and Martian missions, with its 12th test flight anticipated in late May.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

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

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

Apollo 9 was the first test flight of the lunar module, in earth orbit, and Apollo 10 was to be a dress rehearsal in lunar orbit, involving a rendezvous but not a landing.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

test flight

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