Sentences with phrase «maiden test flight»

AR is part of a team of firms that are working to ready the CST - 100 for its maiden test flight, slated to take place from Cape -LSB-...]

These so - called Red Dragon missions would adapt the same crewed capsule that SpaceX is developing to help NASA send astronauts to the International Space Station, and place it on top of a Falcon Heavy rocket — whose maiden test flight is scheduled for 2017.

The CS100, which is expected to make its maiden test flight this fall, burns up to 15 % less fuel, and is also far quieter than a traditional jet engine — a perfect fit for Porter's business model, and its home airport.

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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.

Since its maiden flight in January 2011 ten prototypes were manufactured (Note: the two demonstrators 2001, 2002 = now 2004, + the prototypes 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and two static test specimen) and that this type is to be the third stealth fighter jet to enter operational service following the United States» F - 22 Raptor and the F - 35 Lightning II.

The maiden voyage of the 11 - ounce laser plane lasted just 15 minutes; moreover, its test flight was conducted indoors to avoid problems created by wind or bad weather.