Sentence examples for orbital flight from inspiring English sources

One sub-phase of the orbital flight test program of particular interest would be on orbit propellant transfer.

The cosmonaut's third and final orbital flight would come on Soyuz 31, which docked in orbit with the Salyut 6 space station on 28 August 1978.

The mission, the first orbital flight by an American, unfolded normally until Glenn began his second orbit.

An orbital flight attempt would follow the envelope expansion phase.

Comment on the world's response to astronaut Glenn's orbital flight.

It was the first orbital flight for an American.

The refashioned NASA schedule called for Apollo 7 to be an Earth-orbital flight that would test the re-engineered Apollo command module.

For instance, members of  Richard Branson's Virgin Velocity program can spend 25 million points on a future Virgin Galactic sub-orbital flight.

But right after that the conference whispers confirmed that someone in the audience had actually bought a ticket on Virgin's sub-orbital flight.

It is small because, like NASA's first attempts, it is a quick, sub-orbital flight and purists might argue that real spaceflight involves going into orbit.

Demand for orbital flight would grow if the tickets were cheaper.