Sentences with phrase «exploration flight test»

In this handout provided by U.S. Navy, Navy divers, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 (EODMU11), Mobile Dive and Salvage Company 11 - 7, attach a towing bridal to the Orion Crew Module during the first Exploration Flight Test (EFT - 1) NASA Orion Program following its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 December 5, 2014 in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles southwest of San Diego.

A preview of this type of mission capabilities occurred during the Orion Exploration Flight Test - 1 (EFT - 1) in December 2014.

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NASA is prepping its first - ever Orion space exploration capsule for a test flight in December.

After years of delays and roughly $ 1 billion invested, Space Exploration Technology Corp has successfully launched a test flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket.

During its first free flight test at night, Morpheus (a Human Exploration and Operations MD project) tests NASA's ALHAT and an engine that runs on liquid oxygen and methane, which are green propellants.

In addition, the agency is preparing the B - 2 Test Stand at Stennis to test the SLS core stage that will be used on the rocket's first flight, Exploration Mission Test Stand at Stennis to test the SLS core stage that will be used on the rocket's first flight, Exploration Mission test the SLS core stage that will be used on the rocket's first flight, Exploration Mission - 1.

The heavy - lift launch vehicle is currently under development and on schedule for its first flight in 2017, called Exploration Mission - 1, or EM - 1, which will also carry the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, or MPCV, during its second unmanned test flight.

On November 8, 2017, NASA released an update following a schedule review of Exploration Mission - 1 (EM - 1), the first uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft to the Moon.

The RS - 25 engine E2063 test - fired during last week's review is planned for use on the second flight of NASA's new super-heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), which will be Exploration Mission - 2 (EM - 2).

Japan Prepares to Finally Join Electric Flight Ranks Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA is preparing to make the first manned test flights of an all - electric, battery - powered airplane starting in February.

«Turning a test flight into more of an operational mission needs careful review by the technical community,» said William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said in a statement.