Sentences with phrase «first supersonic flight»

Unlike the last time in 2014, however, the test was a success and the VSS Unity managed to complete it first supersonic flight.

Virgin Galactic's SS2 on its first supersonic flight (Photo: MarsScientific.com and Clay Center Observatory)

Not exact matches

VSS Unity completed her first supersonic, rocket - powered flight this morning in Mojave, California.

With this new capital, we are closer than ever to the first flight of our XB - 1 Supersonic Demonstrator in about a year.»

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.

«At first glance the season five Formula E car looked to our design team like an EV - powered supersonic bird in flight.

Other historical gems in the aviation hangar include a 1976 Concorde supersonic airliner donated by Air France after its last flight on June 12, 2003; a 1967 Lockheed SR - 71A Blackbird reconnaissance jet capable of Mach 3.3; and a 1938 Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first passenger plane with a pressurized cabin.

The first flight of an advanced supersonic parachute system for Mars 2020 NASA's next Mars rover.

Jason RhianApril 5th The SpaceShip Company, using its VSS Unity spacecraft, successfully completed the vehicle's first supersonic, rocket - powered test flight on Thursday, April 5.

Meanwhile, another company trying to make space tourism a thing, Virgin Galactic, recently completed the first «supersonic, rocket - powered flight» of its Unity spacecraft.

Virgin Galactic's new spaceship climbed at supersonic speed over California's Mojave Desert on Thursday in the company's first powered flight since the fatal crash of its original rocketship in 2014.

VSS Unity completed her first supersonic, rocket - powered flight this morning in Mojave, California.