The first test article of a SpaceX Crew Dragon undergoes structural load testing to demonstrate the spacecraft’s ability to withstand the tremendous forces it’s exposed to during space flight. The ...

A recent mockup test found design and manufacuring flaws in this curtain wall system In my first article I referenced the four most-common causes of cladding system failure: inadequate design, ...

Epic Aircraft completed structural testing of its E1000 single-engine turboprop, including pressurization and ultimate load testing. Flight testing with FAA pilots has begun on two prototypes, ...

Minnesota Department of Transportation officials must now wait until fall to bore test shafts in the St. Croix River as part of structural-load testing for a new bridge south of Stillwater. Officials ...

Gulfstream Aerospace has completed ultimate load testing for the new Gulfstream G500 to validate the business jet’s structural integrity. Ultimate load represents 150% of the limit load and is ...

United Launch Alliance was testing last month a version of the Centaur upper stage designed to fly on its new Vulcan rocket, but a hydrogen leak caused a massive fireball, the fallout of which has ...

The US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), has announced that structural testing of its Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission had been successfully concluded.