In 2001, with Graham Henry leading the Lions in Australia, caretaker coach Lynn Howells took a development team on a two-Test trip to Japan.
The trip, intended to test driving commands, was a success.
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So this trip has become as much a test my own fortitude as it is a test of electronics.
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Some say local authorities sometimes make exceptions for parades, a quick test drive or a trip to the gas station.
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But now, following a record 37th win as Test captain, a trip back to the sub-continent in 2004 is looking a certainty, unless injury denies him the opportunity.
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Before its coast-to-coast American trip, the Solar Impulse will take test flights around the San Francisco Bay Area in April, officials said.
The Lions' 10-match trip to South Africa from 24 May includes Test matches in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Teenage midfielder Aaron Wildig (back) also faces a late fitness test ahead of Doncaster's trip to the Cardiff City Stadium.
Yurchikhin, 54, is a veteran of three previous spaceflights, while the 36-year-old Parmitano, a former test pilot, is making his first trip into space.
She and her friends are considering a trip to Hong Kong or Japan for the next scheduled test date on June 1, forgoing her spot in Seoul because of the possibility of another cancellation.
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The booth wasn't equipped with internet access, so we couldn't test the panel's mettle with a trip to this very site, but images on the desktop and in Samsung's pre-loaded PowerPoint looked very bright and crisp.
And although Thorpe scored his maiden Test century in Australia, he felt his first trip to the West Indies was his coming-of-age tour.
"One of the only things I haven't achieved in rugby is being on a winning Lions tour, " added Lewsey, who was the Test full-back on the ill-fated trip to New Zealand in 2005.
The scheduled trip comes just a little over four months after the project successfully completed a docking test by the unmanned private spacecraft with the International Space Station.
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Defeat in Christchurch on Saturday - second only to a 64-22 loss on that 1998 trip among English defeats by New Zealand - followed the 37-20 loss in the first Test in Auckland.
As part of the day some of the country's top blacksmiths will be producing test pieces for judging and will also be demonstrating the foundry's unique water-powered trip hammers.
"I want to stress we got some really good results from that trip, " said Strauss, who added that he hoped Anderson would be fit "well before" the Brisbane Test.
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