Sentence examples for orbital test from inspiring English sources

To finish developing the Dream Chaser would require less than $1 billion, Mr. Sirangelo said, and it could be ready to fly an orbital test flight in three years.

Mr. Hawes proposed canceling an orbital test of a prototype rescue ship called the X-38, cutting the space station's research budget by hundreds of millions of dollars and eliminating other long-term programs, like developing technology for human missions to Mars.

It's in testing now and is expected to have its first orbital test flight in 2016.

SpaceX gained its U.S. military payload certification in 2015, and the USAF is hoping to diversify its orbital test vehicle launch capabilities with SpaceX with this launch, provided everything goes smoothly.

SUPER-SECRET SATELLITES THAT COULD BE LASER DEATH RAYS Last year the Air Force sent the charmingly named X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on an unmanned test mission to circle Earth.

This is the third time that the Air Force will send an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into orbit.

Orbital tests of the spacecraft are expected to begin later this year, prior to its first resupply mission to the ISS in 2011.

The Cryogenic Orbital Testbed (CRYOTE) provides an in-space environment where the unique properties and fluid flow of hydrogen can be demonstrated in micro- or zero-gravity.

Some skepticism is warranted, but the pedigree here is difficult to doubt; we'll know more once orbital testing commences in the next few months.

Meanwhile, the Orion spacecraft and SLS will be getting its first orbital tests in 2020, and if all goes well it could potentially deliver astronauts (and potentially small payloads) to lunar orbit within a few years.

DNA molecules smeared onto the exterior of a sub-orbital test rocket are capable of surviving a 13-minute trip into space and a scorching re-entry, European researchers say.