Sentences with phrase «one's first test flight»

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

On Tuesday SpaceX sent Musk's personal Tesla Roadster into space on its successful first test flight.

«If New Shepard had been a traditional expendable vehicle, this would have been a flawless first test flight,» wrote Bezos.

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

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

Airbus is developing a self - flying, electric, vertical - take off and landing, or VTOL, aircraft, called Vahana, which it said took its first test flight last month.

«First static fire test of Falcon Heavy complete — one step closer to first test flight!»

For example, Musk previously said he planned to launch the «silliest thing we can imagine» on Falcon Heavy's first test flight.

The latest vehicle for China's aviation dream, the Comac C919, has just completed its first test flight after Beijing decided to take a different path: buying parts from European and US aviation companies rather than stealing their technology.

Currently, the Falcon Heavy is on the launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL awaiting its first test flight.

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

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

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.

Falcon Heavy is due to launch its first test flight this summer and, once successful, will be the most powerful vehicle to reach orbit after the Saturn V Moon rocket.

The Tesla Roadster that launched Tuesday on the first test flight of SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket is heading farther into space than expected.

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.

The firm hopes to send the Taurus 2 on its first test flight this December, SpaceNews reported recently.

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

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

SLS's first test flight isn't supposed to be until 2017 — and the module that will ultimately get the crew to orbit has yet to be specified, though Inspiration Mars is counting on one made by a commercial company, such as the Dragon capsule made by SpaceX.

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

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

Falcon Heavy is due to launch its first test flight this summer and, once successful, will be the most powerful vehicle to reach orbit after the Saturn V Moon rocket.

The first test flight of NASA's Space Launch System is scheduled for launch in 17 December 2017.

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

«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.

The awesome, newly restored Vulcan bomber recently used Bruntingthorpe's runway for its first test flight, and I was interested to see what the LP640 could achieve at ground level.

Elektra One completed its first test flight last year.

No matter how much Computational Fluid Dynamics they do, they always do the first test flights with tufts stuck to the aerodynamic surfaces — so they can see exactly what the airflow is doing despite what the models say.

The company has pumped out a handful of videos over the last few years of the first test flights and demos of the prototype, the Volocopter VC200, in action.

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

The change surrounds its first test flight — including the option to extend the flight (from two weeks up to six months) and potentially adding a third crewmember.

In other words, the first test flight wouldn't be a test anymore.

They will be electric or hydrogen powered and manufacturers have the first test flights between March and May 2018.

We can't wait for our first test flight.

One of the coolest things to happen in space and automotive news in a long time was the successful launch of Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster atop a Falcon Heavy rocket during the first test flight for the new rocket.

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.

Interestingly, this is a rocket that hasn't even had its first test flight, something that's due to take place this summer.