Originally scheduled to launch to the International Space Station atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on Saturday, April 23, 2022, NASA’s Crew-4 mission has been delayed. Although the booster is poised on Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center with its Flight Readiness Firing successfully completed, and a brand new Dragon spacecraft atop, the Falcon 9 booster will have to wait a few days before lofting astronauts Jessica Watkins, Samantha Cristoforetti, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren into orbit.
Concurrent CAA/EASA Certification Approved, New Regulatory Management Added as eVTOL VX4 Moves Along
Vertical Aerospace is trucking along with their certification efforts, adding a former EASA certification director to the company to lead regulatory engagement, and completing a bit of corporate housework in preparation for wider testing. They have obtained approval to concurrently validate their VX4 eVTOL aircraft with the EASA and the UK Civil Aviation Authority. That will allow it to be certificated to the UK's standards with minimal extra fuss, time, and cost, with both processes running simultaneously.
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