Sentences with phrase «first test flight in»

All of these incremental milestones are said to be leading up to the Stratolaunch's first test flight in 2019.

The Planetary Society has just announced that LightSail will be launched into orbit on its first test flight in May.

NASA also prepped Orion, the space capsule slated to carry astronauts to Mars, for its first test flight in December.

Some of those payloads, presumably, would launch on NASA's in - development mega-rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), which is slated for its first test flight in 2019 or 2020 and has to date consumed more than $ 18 billion of taxpayer funds.

This mission was the fourth cargo flight to the station by a Dragon spacecraft, counting the first test flight in May 2012.

And although it was expected to make its first test flight in 2013, a host of delays and setbacks forced SpaceX to push back its launch date.

The Falcon Heavy has been in the works for years and was expected to make its first test flight in 2013.

SpaceX had hoped to make its first test flight in 2013, but several delays and setbacks pushed back its launch.

Although both product lines are in the late stages of their development (Bombardier obtained the permit for the Learjet 85's first test flight in February), they both follow the CSeries jet in the company's release queue.

Not exact matches

Virgin Galactic is «back on track» after completing its first rocket - powered test flight since a fatal crash in late 2014.

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

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 yeaIn 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 yeain 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.

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Redknapp has been praised for the wealth of depth at the club in the past, with the bench so often filled with faces which would normally be entitled to a first team berth in any top - flight team, however, Wednesday will put their squad capabilities to the test and really stretch their resources to the limit.

The first hypersonic flight test took place in March 2010, with the X-51 reported to have travelled at Mach - 5 but crashing into the Pacific Ocean when its fuel supply was exhausted.

For this first flight, astronauts will just test that the technology works in microgravity by analysing the genomes of bacteria, viruses and mice.

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).

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.

At the same time, NASA is gearing up for the first test flight of the Space Launch System in 2017.

Conceived in 2005, the Orion capsule is now set to make its first test flight, which is scheduled for December.

The first such map, from just 89 days of in - flight testing, is 10 times better than 3 decades of gravity data from all other sources combined, says aerospace engineer Byron Tapley of the University of Texas, Austin, leader of the U.S. GRACE team.

This first - of - its - kind test flight was part of an ongoing Air Force effort to prove that planes perform just as well with biofuel in the tank.

First tested in 2011 and then again in 2012, the most recent test flight occurred from Fort Sumner, N.M., in September 2013.

For the moment, however, the Stardust team is happy to have negotiated the first in - flight mechanical test of the collector arm.

The researchers released each bat in a flight cage and doled out flowers one by one to the bats, working until 3 or 4 a.m. First, they'd place a male flower in a test tube vase on a table.

In order to test their hypothesis, the scientists first developed a small wind tunnel which they used to determine the energy loss of moths during the flight.

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.

Board an airplane and you can rest assured that it underwent rigorous safety testing before its first flight and, in fact, before it was even built.

During Electron's first flight test in May, the rocket was destroyed when operators lost contact with it and ended the flight before the craft reached orbit.

The commercial space flight company sent its space plane, VSS Unity, for its first untethered test flight in two years, a step towards space tourism

An unmanned 21 - foot - wingspan prototype called the X-48B had its first flight test in July.

SpaceShipTwo, which is modelled on the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne, will launch into space for the first time during test flights in 2011.

In an interview with Space News, Ferguson indicated that «our crewed flight test is fourth quarter — perhaps, depending on the outcome, maybe the first quarter of the following year.»

SLS and Orion are both in development now, with Orion's first unmanned test flight slated for later this year.

Ferguson discussed the first crewed flight in the context of Starliner's other testing, which must be extensive to meet NASA's human - rating requirements.

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.

In 2014, the world looked on eagerly as a probe landed on a comet for the first time, as a test flight brought humans one step closer to Mars, and as astronauts tweeted home striking images from space, giving those left behind on Earth the sense that they were along for the ride.

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 DiegIn 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 Diegin the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles southwest of San Diego.

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

The Orion spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has undergone extensive testing to prepare it for its first flight, currently scheduled to -LSB-...]

Shotwell said SpaceX's test flight of the crew version of its Dragon spacecraft would be late in 2016 and the first operational mission in early 2017.

When Orion was launched for its first experimental flight test in December 2014, you better believe I was watching it online.

«Based on their study, English and King recommend that in the primary years, teachers should spend more time with the class «unpacking the outcomes» of the initial design (in this case the first test flight) and engage and scaffold students in discussions regarding areas for improvement before students move onto redesign,» Rosicka says.

For example, a 2014 study at the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology in Tulsa, Oklahoma found that first time pass rate of the FAA hands - on flight test and written test improved from 83.9 percent to 96 percent when the flipped classroom model was introduced.

In a second tweet, he said the payload for the test flight would be his own personal first - generation Tesla Roadster.

Elinor Smith took her first flight at age 6, became a licensed pilot at 16, was voted «Best Woman Pilot in America» over the likes of Amelia Earhart, went on to be a test pilot, and, at age 89, «flew» NASA's space - shuttle simulator.

They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800.

At first I was a little worried that I'd have a hard time seeing cool stuff or getting my questions answered, with lots of other people vying for a view of a Cooper's hawk being anesthetized or a yellow - bellied sapsucker being flight - tested in the exam room.

Thai Airways» first Airbus A350 recently took to the skies for the first time in a test flight over southern France and, all things being well, should be delivered to the airline later this month (Update — Thai received its first A350 on 30 August 2016).

When I first started booking airline tickets on a regular basis, I tested every strategy out there in hopes of stumbling across one magic solution that would reduce all my future flight costs in one click.