Sentences with phrase «test flight of»

As «wing commander» for the test flight of a speed - of - light spacecraft, Canadian astronaut Scott Reid is set to become part of the greatest human accomplishment known to mankind.

Last month, aerospace giant Airbus conducted the first successful test flight of its Vahana electric vertical take - off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Virgin Galactic has conducted the first powered test flight of its new space tourism 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.

Airbus conducted the first successful test flight of its Vahana electric vertical take - off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft on January 31st, the aerospace giant announced.

Photos: Richard Branson fires off test flight of Virgin Galactic's tourism rocket in California desert

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

Unidentified Photographer Test flight of the Mercury spacecraft, Mercury - Atlas 2, February 1961.

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

For thirty years, he had taken tens of thousands of measurements of variously shaped surfaces moving at different angles through the air using a «whirling arm,» a long pole that extended horizontally from a fixed vertical pole and spun at a preset velocity, a device originally developed to test the flight of cannonballs.

Consider that the Samsung Nexus S was Google's test flight of its Android 2.3 «Gingerbread» OS when it launched last December.

Massachusetts - based Terrafugia just completed its first successful test flight of a flying car called the Transition Street - Legal Airplane.

Shotwell said SpaceX's test flight of the crew version of its Dragon spacecraft would be late in 2016 and the first operational mission in early 2017.

The recent test flight of SpaceX's reusable super heavy - lift launch vehicle, Falcon Heavy, garnered international attention and countless Internet viewers... not only because of the promise it holds for the future of space travel, but also due to...

He conducted three spacewalks totaling almost 20 hours that included testing tools for the first Hubble Telescope repair mission, construction of the International Space Station, and the test flight of an astronaut jet pack.

That includes the cost of developing two new launch vehicles from scratch (Falcon 1 and Falcon 9), developing the Dragon spacecraft, conducting seven launches, including an orbital test flight of Dragon, and building out the infrastructure for two separate launch sites.

Two commercial suborbital launches scheduled for late last week, one a test flight of an orbital launch vehicle and the other of a suborbital research vehicle, have been postponed.

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

The Earth Day test flight of a partially biofuel - powered F / A -18 Green Hornet was another example of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus's commitment to decreasing the military's consumption of foreign fossil fuels.

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

Blue Origin launched a successful test flight of New Shepard last April.

After years of delays and roughly $ 1 billion invested, Space Exploration Technology Corp has successfully launched a test flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket.

The test flight of SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched a Tesla Roadster as its payload into an elliptic Mars orbit.

The company, founded in 2002, has already had six missions in 2018, notably its February demonstration test flight of the Falcon Heavy, a powerful new rocket with three reusable side boosters designed to carry heavier payloads.

Sierra Nevada Corporation is live in the Mojave Desert with a preliminary test flight of its reusable spaceship, the Dream Chaser.

«Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks.

North Korea's reported progress on miniaturizing nuclear warheads — coupled with two test flights of intercontinental ballistic missiles in July — are raising pressure on Trump.

But the country has never carried out test flights of those rockets» military versions.

Private spaceflight company Blue Origin is eyeing crewed test flights of its reusable suborbital space vehicle starting next year.

As SpaceX and Boeing race to begin test flights of their crew - rated vehicles by year - end 2018, all eyes are on the commercial launch providers ---- and what their success will mean for the American entrepreneurial space industry.

SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, headed by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, has been in the spotlight with recent test flights of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon space capsule, which the company hopes to use to run a space taxi service for NASA astronauts to the ISS (New Scientist, 18 December 2010, p 12).

For years Chakrabarti and his colleagues have been pursuing a middle way between the laboratory and orbit, using NASA funding to conduct low - cost test flights of these advanced optics technologies with small suborbital rockets and high - altitude balloons that reach the edge of outer space.

Over the past few months, pilots have conducted several test flights of the space - launch vehicle Eve.

NASA also awarded $ 207 million to SpaceX competitor Rocketplane - Kistler in Oklahoma, US, for test flights of its K - 1 booster.

The assignments will be to work with SpaceX and Boeing to serve as crewmembers on upcoming test flights of the new space taxis.

A Red Car for the Red Planet Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks.

Japan Prepares to Finally Join Electric Flight Ranks Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA is preparing to make the first manned test flights of an all - electric, battery - powered airplane starting in February.

Many may uttered a cynical «yeah, right» when Jeff Bezos unveiled his plan for a delivery drone in 2013, but subsequent test flights of the Prime Air machine, heavy investment in drone - focused R&D centers, partnerships with NASA and others to build an air traffic control system for drones, and even appearances by Amazon executives in front of congressional committees show that the company isn't just serious about flying books and other small items to customers, but utterly determined to see the plan through.

Not exact matches

A delay of the CSeries delivery was widely anticipated due to the small number of test flights since Sept. 16, when the CS100 flew for the first time after years of preparatory work.

They partnered with a company called Latitude, which builds unmanned aircrafts, to carry out the test flight and demonstrate the promise of drones for the delivery of medical care and supplies to those in rural communities or during emergency situations.

The FAA will issue a rule within two weeks requiring additional testing of engines involved in fatal engine failure aboard a Southwest Airlines flight this week.

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

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«Through Virgin Galactic's manufacturing arm, The Spaceship Company, we will provide engineering and manufacturing services, along with flight test support and operations as part of our shared ambitions.»

Samsung recently released a video showing the multiple tests conducted on the Galaxy Note 4, including drops from various heights, and a «tumble test» that recreates what it's like to drop your phone down a flight of stairs.

Given the paucity of flight tests, I suspect if used today, the HS - 12 would have a CEP considerably larger than 5 km, perhaps 10 km, or more.»

Virgin Galactic had paused its rocket - powered test flights since the October 2014 crash that killed one of its pilots.

Still, the reclassification of costs for two 787 Dreamliner flight - test airplanes, tough decisions around 747 production (slow sales led to unsold aircraft), and higher costs on developing models weighed on operating performance.

The first launch of the Falcon Heavy will be a test flight, and SpaceX is notorious for offbeat payloads on its vessels» maiden voyages.

Like many, he points to the CSeries, which is expected to be ready for test flights in June, as far more important to the company's long - term success than a handful of big deals in the business line.