Sentences with phrase «first test flight of»

Today, Munich - based Lilium Aviation announced an important milestone: the first test flight of its all - electric, two - seater, vertical take - off and landing (VTOL) prototype.

It's not ideal — the first test flight of a brand new spacecraft should be just that, a test.

Unidentified Photographer First test flight of the Gemini spacecraft, Gemini 1, April 1964.

Meanwhile, Boeing's first test flight of its CST - 100 spacecraft has been recently postponed from December 2017 to June 2018.

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

Not exact matches

A delay of the CSeries delivery was widely anticipated due to the small number of test flights since Sept. 16, when the CS100 flew for the first time after years of preparatory work.

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The first launch of the Falcon Heavy will be a test flight, and SpaceX is notorious for offbeat payloads on its vessels» maiden voyages.

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.

SpaceX, along with Boeing (ba), also has a contract with NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the «Commercial Crew» program, with the first crucial test flight slated for the second quarter.

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.

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The launch will involve the Falcon Heavy rocket system, which will be the world's most powerful rocket by the time of its first flight test this summer.

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.

Speaking of wind: The windier it gets the harder it is to pilot a drone so be patient at first and take your drone for it's first test flight on a day with calm weather.

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.

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.

Enjoying his first space flight, European Space Agency astronaut Mogensen tested SkinSuit over two days as part of an Operational and Technical Evaluation.

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

By the summer of 2009, when Boeing expects its first new 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to Japan, engineers will be banking on a number of engine safety tests to assure a future filled with uneventful flights.

Two NASA astronauts conducted flight suit evaluations inside a fully outfitted test version of The Boeing Company's CST - 100 spacecraft July 22, the first time the world got a glimpse of the crew capsule's interior.

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.

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.

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.»

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.

If NASA opts to increase the crew size and mission length of Boeing's Crew Flight Test, the agency said it wouldn't be the first time it has «expanded the scope of test flights.&raTest, the agency said it wouldn't be the first time it has «expanded the scope of test flights.&ratest flights.»

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.

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.

StemRad, a developer of revolutionary technology that shields first responders, astronauts and soldiers from harmful radiation exposure, announced today that NASA and the Israel Space Agency have signed an agreement for the launch of StemRad's AstroRad radiation protection vest aboard NASA's EM - 1 mission around the moon, the last test flight before the space agency begins deep space manned missions.

Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center tested NASA's first 3D printed rocket engine prototype part made of two different metal alloys through an innovative advanced manufacturing process.

He conducted three spacewalks totaling almost 20 hours that included testing tools for the first Hubble Telescope repair mission, construction of the International Space Station, and the test flight of an astronaut jet pack.

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.

«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.

Massachusetts - based Terrafugia just completed its first successful test flight of a flying car called the Transition Street - Legal Airplane.

Honda successfully completed the first flight - test of its small business - airplane called the HondaJet.

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.

He is climbing up his first flight of stairs... He is performing this difficult test flawless!

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.

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.

The first phase is early testing for an exclusive group of backers, known as the Evocati Test Flight, on the game's public test universe (PTest Flight, on the game's public test universe (Ptest universe (PTU).

In making Power Passage (2004 — 07), a two - channel video shown at the entrance of the gallery, Park was inspired by the actual launching of the ASTP (Apollo - Soyuz Test Project), the first joint US - Soviet space flight that took place in 1975.

Artist Statement «The first planned flight of the Space Launch System and second test flight for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle is planned for September 2018.

The flights tests, planned for Spain, will be the first demonstration of manned flight using fuel cells.

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.

Walter Cunningham is best known as pilot of Apollo 7, the first manned flight test of the Apollo Program to land a man on the Moon.