Sentences with phrase «first flight planned»

With a first flight planned for next year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Heavy is a Falcon 9 that has two Falcon 9 first stages bolted on either side.

This new contract is a separate venture from Lockheed Martin's work with Aerion Corp. to develop a supersonic business jet, the AS2, which has its first flight planned for 2023.

Not exact matches

The Alaska Mileage Plan charges 90,000 miles to fly first - class one way on Emirates flights between the US and the Middle East or India.

The plan entails getting the first humans on the planet in 2023, then ferrying 100 people at a time in reusable rockets and running the flights with regular frequency.

For example, Musk previously said he planned to launch the «silliest thing we can imagine» on Falcon Heavy's first test flight.

Without a second thought, I changed my plans and hoped on a flight the next day, bound for my first arrival at Soekarno - Hatto International Airport.

In this case, SpaceX is planning to send the tourists to space in a Dragon 2 spacecraft currently under development, with its first uncrewed test flight planned for this summer, and its first flight to the International Space Station planned for late this year.

The ad released today criticizes Owens for voting against a Repubblican - backed budget plan that included language for eliminating first - class flights for lawmakers.

The first tests of the CEV's rocket are scheduled for 2009, with manned flights to low Earth orbit beginning by 2014 (even that hard - charging schedule will leave a gap in America's manned spaceflight program after the planned retirement of the shuttle in 2010).

Building on their history - making 2010 flight, they next plan to take an updated version of the plane, shown here, on the first round - the - world solar flight.

Virgin Atlantic airline announced that early this year it will conduct the first flight test of a biodiesel — petroleum diesel blend in one of the four engines of a 747 aircraft; Air New Zealand is planning a similar test flight on a Rolls Royce engine in one of its 747s later in the year.

Three stages of the Vega rocket burned their fuel and detached as planned in the first 7 minutes of flight.

The NIC Human Space Flight team at Goddard is already planning the communications for Exploration Mission - 1, the first flight of the agency's new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to demonstrate the integrated system performance prior to the first crewed fFlight team at Goddard is already planning the communications for Exploration Mission - 1, the first flight of the agency's new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to demonstrate the integrated system performance prior to the first crewed fflight of the agency's new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to demonstrate the integrated system performance prior to the first crewed flightflight.

The first flight, the one carrying Tulaczyk, finally landed at Lake Whillans on Jan. 17; due to weather, it was 13 days later than planned.

Branson has invested $ 200 million toward launching the first Virgin Galactic flight in 2009, and those plans are still moving forward.

But Rodante says the evaluations could be completed within the next few weeks, after which he plans to fly the experimental jet from Reno, Nev., to Orlando, Fla. — the first transcontinental biodiesel flight, in eight stops.

The first CCP flight will occur sometime in 2017, if everything goes to plan.

If everything goes according to plan, the first commercial flight will be a watershed moment as it will mark the first time that a private company has provided the U.S.» space agency with crew transportation services.

NASA plans to carry out the first uncrewed Orion test flight in 2018, followed by a crewed test - flight in 2021.

The day before the hearing, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot announced that he had requested an internal NASA study to assess the feasibility of launching a crew on the first SLS / Orion flight instead of waiting for the second launch as currently planned.

Then the payload fairing protecting the spacecraft for the first several minutes of flight was jettisoned as planned some 3 minutes, 5 seconds after launch.

Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corporation are hoping to see the first flights of these spacecraft in 2017 — the same year that NASA plans to launch their new heavy - lift booster, the Space Launch System (SLS).

He is the co-author, with Dr. Kelly Starrett, of the forthcoming books Flight Plan and Waterman 2.0, and is also collaborating on Game Changer with University of Michigan football performance director Dr. Fergus Connolly and Bridging the Gap with Sue Falsone, the first female athletic head trainer in Major League sports.

When I announced my flight plan, there were a lot of questions, rightfully so, about my name and my relation to the first Amelia Earhart.

Directed by «Godzilla» man Gareth Edwards and featuring a top - flight international cast including Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Diego Luna and Ben Mendelsohn, «Rogue One» tells of how, in the weeks before the first «Star Wars», a brave band of rebels stole the plans to the Death Star under the nose of Darth Vader and his dark legions.

As if within her, beneath the span of her own days, there are other hunts going on continuously, giant elk in flight from the pursuit of hunters other than herself, and the birth of other mountains being plotted and planned — other mountains rising, then, and still more mountains vanishing into distant seas — and that even more improbable than her encountering that one giant elk, on her first hunt, was the path, the wandering line, that brought her to her father in the first place, that delivered her to him and had made him hers and she his — the improbability and yet the certainty that would place the two of them in each other's lives, tiny against the backdrop of the world and tinier still against the mountains of time.

The first and most essential aspect in flight planning — the one you can never ever screw up — is fuel planning.

In September 2015, Emirates had a Mileage Plan bonus offer of 3x miles when flying first class and 2x miles when flying business or economy class on Emirates flights between certain cities.

The Alaska Mileage plan still ranks is one of the best vehicles through which you can accrue miles and redeem for a free first class flight.

If you are looking for a little extra luxury in your trans - Tasman flight I highly recommend it and if you are heading to New Zealand for the first time check out my New Zealand essentials post which has all the info you need to plan an unforgettable trip.

As you're planning your next first class flight across the Pacific or the Atlantic, make sure you consider AA first!

For some people, paying a fuel surcharge is the only way to fly Lufthansa first class because they need to plan their flights in advance and can't wait to the last minute to book.

Perhaps Lansing may not be your first pick for a getaway, but for $ 9 each (going to the first 9 to 19 seats sold on each flight), you can bet budget seekers will be rethinking their travel plans (plus, if you didn't know it already, flying into Newark is just as good, if not better than flying to any of the inner - NYC airports).

Fortunately, together we crafted a plan where he booked a R / T to / from Europe first since he had enough miles for that even under the new award chart, and those flights were tough, especially getting a nonstop to / from LAX to Europe.

Here are 19 suggestions that will maximize the value of your Mileage Plan miles on both Alaska Airline flights and partner flights... especially for those of you who fly in business or first class!

Prior to March 2016, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles had been a tremendous value to redeem for Emirates first and business class flights.

Collect miles for big flights and plan «big flights» first.

When you join Mileage Plan before September 30, 2017, and complete your first flight by December 31, 2017, you'll earn 5,000 bonus miles.

State - flag carrier Garuda Indonesia plans to evaluate some 20 domestic and international flights that contributed to the company's losses in the first quarter of 2017, said Benny S. Butarbutar, Garuda's vice president for corporate communications, in Jakarta on Tuesday.

So far I had the Hong Kong — Singapore — London portion of our flights planned and this meant that Tokyo would have to be our first stop.

When I plan my travels I usually find the cheap flights and accommodation first of all and then book the time off work, because that makes a lot more sense to me.

The Alaska Mileage Plan charges 90,000 miles to fly first - class one way on Emirates flights between the US and the Middle East or India.

To earn the signup bonus, you need to join Mileage Plan ™ before April 30, 2017, and complete your first flight by September 30, 2017.

The first thing to mention is that nothing is changing before 1 April 2018 so, if you don't like what you see, you have a few months to make alternate plans... although this probably won't be any comfort to those who have flights already booked past that date.

We would be pleased to suggest convenient international flights and connections to Crimea as well as flights from Moscow if you plan to go to the capital of Russia first.

You won't see much value with in AA miles if you're booking a domestic flight in coach, but if you're planning a long flight in first class then buying points is sure worth it.

Our airport transfers operate 6 am to 6 pm daily (daytime hours only - no exceptions), so either plan your flights accordingly, or if you are arriving into El Salvador at night after 6 pm or departing early in the morning before 9 am, please plan on booking a first or last night airport hotel.

If you plan to arrive on Sunday, the first day of the retreat, your flight arrival time should be by early afternoon to allow time to transfer to our retreat location in Santa Teresa by Malpais that day.

Since then, Allianz companies have insured the Wright Brothers» first flight, the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, many Hollywood movies, and countless travel plans.

In other developments, American plans to eliminate first class cabins on two of its three daily New York JFK - London flights on December 17 by switching them from 777 - 300ERs to 777 - 200s configured with business class, economy and main Cabin Extra seats.