Sentences with phrase «first uncrewed»

Elbon said that Boeing's CST - 100 spacecraft will have its first uncrewed orbital test to the ISS in April 2017, with a crewed test in July 2017 and operational services beginning in December 2017.

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.

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

It is modeled after the Orion spacecraft that saw its first uncrewed test in 2014, when NASA launched the spacecraft into space for a high - speed return to Earth.

Launch company SpaceX may even shoot two space tourists around the moon before NASA's giant rocket, the Space Launch System, makes its first uncrewed flight, in December at the earliest.

Sporting a gaping air intake in place of a cockpit, the UK's first uncrewed fighter aircraft was unveiled at an airfield in Warton, Lancashire, today.

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.

Not exact matches

Rovers launched in 2018 and 2021 will corral five more uncrewed capsules, placing all six in a row that the first four astronauts can connect into a habitat when they arrive.

EM - 1 is the first SLS launch, scheduled for 2018, which will carry an uncrewed version of the Orion spacecraft.

NASA plans to certify the company's vehicles only after they've done an uncrewed test flight and a crewed test flight, meaning the first astronauts likely won't fly until late next year at the earliest.