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November 30, 2023 Underwater Survey Of The U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon In Kaneohe Bay Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
November 29, 2023 Airbus Confirms Development of Eurofighter EK For Electronic Combat Military Aviation
November 29, 2023 Up Close And Personal With The Su-27UB Flanker At The National Museum Of U.S. Air Force Military Aviation
November 29, 2023 U.S. Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft With 8 Aboard Crashes Into Sea off Japan Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
November 28, 2023 Iran Announces Deal With Russia For Su-35 Fighters Military Aviation

Virgin Orbit Performs First Test Launch of LauncherOne Rocket. But Debut Flight Fails.

May 27, 2020 Stefano D'Urso

The test failed prematurely because of an unknown rocket anomaly. A little less than one year after the first drop test, Virgin Orbit conducted a launch demonstration of the LauncherOne rocket on May 25, 2020. […]

Virgin Orbit Stages First Launch Vehicle Test Drop from Boeing 747 Over Mojave

July 11, 2019 Tom Demerly

Test Drop of LauncherOne Unpowered Test Rocket Verifies Separation Technology. Sir Richard Branson’s company, Virgin Orbit, conducted a successful test drop of an unpowered LauncherOne rocket on Wednesday, July 10, over California’s Mojave Desert near […]