On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft, made its first flight. While this first flight was in fact a gliding test, the X-1 would become the first ...

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SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT). SpaceX is one day away from the launch its first Starship flight of 2025 ...

After weeks of preparation, SpaceX is now preparing for the seventh flight test of the Starship vehicle on Monday afternoon. In a first, the Starship will attempt a Starlink payload deployment ...