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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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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 Starship rocket until early to mid-May, after previously aiming for early March and April.

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