test pilot
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Like many others before him — including Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon — Glover cut his teeth as a test pilot out in the Mojave.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Reid Wiseman, a 50-year-old former naval aviator and test pilot who also formerly served as a deputy chief of NASA's astronaut office, will be in command.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Crew-12 marks the first spaceflight for mission specialist Sophie Adenot and pilot Jack Hathaway, both of whom have test pilot backgrounds.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
A top Chinese military test pilot told a Chinese newspaper in 2016 that domestically made engines struggled with insufficient thrust, high fuel consumption rates and poor reliability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
She pushed on to be a test pilot and was finally accepted for training.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
