Sentences with phrase «for uncrewed»

Dragon is already used for uncrewed cargo missions to the ISS — one is docked there right now.

Orion passed with flying colors and will be paired with the Space Launch System — a next - generation powerful rocket — for another uncrewed launch in 2018.

The manifest for the uncrewed Dragon includes almost 5,000 pounds of material including a spacewalking suit for astronauts plus related hardware and supplies for more than 150 science investigations to be conducted by the space station crews.

With UAVs already proving their worth, the future looks bright for uncrewed aviation as the upcoming regulatory changes enable still more uses to be dreamed up.

Not exact matches

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 uncrewed Dragon capsule made its way to the ISS, where it was due to arrive on Wednesday carrying a selection of food, water and other supplies for the station's astronauts, along with more exotic cargo.

UNDER darkening skies on a grass airstrip in the UK's Wiltshire Downs, north of Stonehenge, I am watching half a dozen aeronautical engineers rushing to assemble an uncrewed aircraft before the weather takes a turn for the worse.

These have so far only made it to the International Space station, uncrewed, but a version is being designed for a planetary landing.

The cargo is being carried by the latest uncrewed spacecraft to vie for a place in the emerging market to supply the ISS.

Protective covers and the explosive bolts used to separate them from uncrewed spacecraft have also been left to float away, along with a few lens caps for good measure.

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

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.

Or do we need to wait for a generation of uncrewed probes that can function under the winter ice and report back to get that data?