test pilot

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Victor Glover — a former Ontario High School wrestler and Navy test pilot who often wears his excitement on his royal-blue jumpsuit sleeve — will be the first Black person to reach the moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Victor Glover is a former US Navy fighter pilot and test pilot who was selected as a Nasa astronaut in 2013.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Adenot then became France's first woman helicopter test pilot in 2018.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 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

There were only seven of them, and I didn’t know any of them, but some of my test pilot friends did, and told me stories about them.

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