Sentence examples for flight preparation from inspiring English sources

In 1996, NASA signed a contract with United Space Alliance of Houston to serve as prime contractor for all shuttle operations, including maintenance and flight preparation.

What they did — "Go to Launch," an extended time-lapse video showing the mind-boggling scale of flight preparation — is indeed special.

"For example, the use of certain information that had not been updated in the initial phase of flight preparation, the absence of records for certain documents and the incomplete management of luggage," the report said.

Flight preparation is simple.

The status of the payload construction and flight preparation are reported in this paper.

In addition to saving on fuel costs, it is also suggested that such kit reduces flight preparation time, reduces the likelihood of injuries and helps staff by offering real-time updates.

It quickly ran low on fuel, evidently a result of carburetor adjustments during flight preparations in California.

The show alternates between Charles and Erik, interspersing historical footage and reflections on the flight of the elder with the background, flight preparations and trans-Atlantic crossing of the younger.

Gen. Duane Deal of the Air Force, said investigators had found that there were too few eyes on the shuttle during flight preparations.

But they noted that crucial testing and flight preparations remained to be done with little "contingency time" left to absorb unexpected delays.

Walter H. Cantrell, a retired rear admiral who helped arrange the NASA study of the Navy, is co-chairman of a task force that will review the agency's return to flight preparations.