Sentence examples for test mission from inspiring English sources

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.

The test mission, nearly 200 miles above the Earth, was carried out by a team from the University of Surrey.

All we have to do is carry out a test mission in which we demonstrate the ability to significantly alter an asteroid's orbit.

And having dealt with the engine trouble on a test mission, engineers will know the best way to fix it should it recur on a science mission.

In this paper, a small-scale demonstrator of the sub-orbital re-entry test mission of the USV program is described.

The first flight of what's known as the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft was supposed to be a test mission without astronauts by the end of last year, with the first crewed mission expected in 2021.

This also gave the mission operations team the opportunity to gain insight into functional hardware requirements via lessons learned from executing the Desert RATS field test missions.

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon only 30 months after a tragic accident claimed the lives of three astronauts on the launching pad and resulted in the suspension of Apollo test missions for more than a year.

Virginia is repairing a dock nearby so unmanned flights can link with underwater test missions there, and it is installing a facility to discreetly put small satellites aboard drones for defense-related testing, officials said.

Except for seven planes re leased for limited test missions, the fleet has been grounded since a Dec. 22 crash that oc curred when a metallic flaw caused the left wing to buckle.

However, at least in broad strokes, the agency's commitment to developing and demonstrating certain technologies it believes are critical to its future are clear, with four test missions slated for launch between 2014 and 2018 by NASA's new Flagship Technology Demonstration program.