{"id":482648,"date":"2026-06-04T12:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482648\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:06:09","slug":"the-exploration-co-completes-nyx-drop-test-on-path-to-2028-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482648\/","title":{"rendered":"The Exploration Co. Completes Nyx Drop Test On Path To 2028 Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    The Exploration Co. Completes Nyx Drop Test On Path To 2028 Mission | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/robert-wall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Wall<\/a><br \/>\n                    June 04, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/37_copy.png\" alt=\"drop test of its Nyx spacecraft \" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>  European space startup The Exploration Company says it has completed a critical drop test of its Nyx spacecraft as it works toward getting the system into flight in 2028. The test in Mojave, California, validated performance of an element of the parachute recovery system designed to slow the vehicle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/robert_wall_aviation_week_network.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/robert-wall\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Wall<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">The Exploration Co. Completes Nyx Drop Test On Path To 2028 Mission is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Exploration Co. Completes Nyx Drop Test On Path To 2028 Mission | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-482648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}