Sentences with phrase «orbital flight»

To use a modern analogy, we may think of the preacher's sermon as being like the rocket that starts orbital flight.

SpaceX is the only company to successfully launch and land a rocket capable of orbital flight.

By 2014 the Dream Chaser could make its first orbital flight, and shortly thereafter it could be routinely ferrying up to seven people into low Earth orbit — on a visit to the International Space Station, for instance.

Space Race «The success of Project Mercury's first manned orbital flight on February 20 may have set the stage for international co-operation in the exploration of space, as well as demonstrating through the performance of the astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., that men have a useful function in space vehicles.

Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Space Exploration Technologies, isn't wavering from his goal of slashing the cost of spaceflight by 90 percent, even though his firm's first attempt at orbital flight went down in flames on March 28.

A chimp named Enos orbited the Earth on Nov. 29, 1961, paving the way for John Glenn's historic orbital flight of Feb. 20, 1962.

The mission was SpaceX's first - ever orbital flight using a pre-flown Falcon 9 first stage.

Unidentified Photographer Two photographs depicting the launch of the first successful American unmanned orbital flight, Mercury - Atlas 4, September 13, 1961, and the chimp Enos prior to his More...

The microgravity of orbital flight is tough on the bones.

SpaceX will launch a pair of private citizens into space for an orbital flight around the moon in late 2018, the company announced Monday.

It is also working on a scaled - up version of New Shepard capable of orbital flight, which could potentially dock with the International Space Station.

AV - 073 will be outfitted as though it is carrying a crew but will fly the CST - 100 without astronauts in an orbital flight test, a significant step on Boeing's path to certification.

SpaceX has independently discussed plans to launch private citizens into space, including an orbital flight around the moon in late 2018.