Test spaceflights

American Space Shuttle test vehicle

crewed demonstration flight operated by SpaceX on behalf of NASA

crewed mission of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station

demonstration flight of the Dragon 2

AS-102 (also designated SA-7) was the seventh flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the boilerplate Apollo spacecraft BP-15 into low Earth orbit. The test took place on September 18, 1964, lasting for five orbits (about seven and a half hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage completed 59 orbits before reentering the atmosphere and crashing in the Indian Ocean on September 22, 1964.

test flight of the Redstone rocket during Project Mercury

uncrewed flight test of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft

second uncrewed flight test of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft

second spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

first launch pad abort test of the Apollo spacecraft

capsule reentry test flight during Project Mercury

branch of aeronautical engineering that develops and gathers data during flight

2021 crewed suborbital spaceflight

first spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

frame|Little Joe II, LC 36, White Sands, NM (NASA) A-002 was the third abort test of the Apollo spacecraft.

A-004 was the sixth and final test of the Apollo launch escape vehicle and the first flight of a Block I production-type Apollo Command/Service Module.

A-001 was the second abort test of the Apollo spacecraft.

A-003 was the fourth abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. This particular flight is notable because during the abort test flight, an actual abort situation occurred, and further proved the Apollo launch escape system (LES). The CM was successfully pulled away from the malfunctioning Little Joe booster and it landed safely under parachutes.

Indian experimental reentry capsule

second launch pad abort test of the Apollo spacecraft

sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin which flew on 20 July 2021

maiden flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launcher

Gaganyaan-1 (from Sanskrit: , "celestial" and , "craft, vehicle") is the first planned uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme. ISRO has officially scheduled the mission for H2 2026.

experimental test space vehicle

boilerplate payload launched April 21, 2013 on the maiden flight of Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket

launch escape system test during Project Mercury

The Lanyue () lander, formerly known as the China crewed lunar surface lander () or simply as the lunar surface lander (), is a spacecraft under development by the China Academy of Space Technology. The purpose of the lander is to carry two astronauts to the lunar surface and to return them to lunar orbit after a set period of time. The lander's initial lunar-landing attempt is envisioned to occur by 2030.

boilerplate of a Dragon spacecraft manufactured by SpaceX

post-launch abort test of the Dragon 2 spacecraft

Gaganyaan-4 (from Sanskrit: , "celestial" and , "craft, vehicle") also named as H1 will be the first crewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned for Q1 2027.

sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin which flew NET 12 October 2021

abort test of the Dragon 2 spacecraft

Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station; the Dream Chaser's first flight