Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Primo test di volo del Dream Chaser positivo, almeno fino all'atterraggio (VIDEO)

Sparks, Usa - Il carrello della navicella non ha funzionato correttamente, ma i tecnici di Sierra Nevada Corporation sono comunque soddisfatti

Sierra Nevada Corporation (Snc) ha effettuato con successo il primo test di volo libero, approccio ed atterraggio della navicella Dream Chaser. Il veicolo, privo di equipaggio, è stato trasportato alla quota di 12.500 piedi (3810 metri) da un elicottero Erickson Air-Crane: una volta rilasciata la navicella è stata guidata dal sistema automatico di controllo di volo. Il Dream Chaser ha seguito l...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1156162
Roma, Italia, 10/30/2013 14:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

AerospaceNASA entrusts Musk's SpaceX with launching new telescope for planetary defense

It will detect difficult-to-detect near-Earth objects that could impact Earth

NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch an innovative telescope to monitor potentially dangerous asteroids and comets. As part of the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch... more

AerospaceBiomass forest measuring satellite shipped to Kourou

Its launch scheduled in April 2025 and will operate in orbit for five years

Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Airbus-built satellite, has left in the last days Toulouse for its journey by ship to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for launch.An Earth Explorer satellite is E... more

AerospaceMpge engine: first bi-propellant firing tests

It is entirely designed, manufactured, assembled, and tested in Italy

The MPGE, Multi Purpose Green Engine, is an environmentally friendly engine that uses hydrogen peroxide and kerosene as propellants. It is entirely designed, manufactured, assembled, and tested in Italy.The... more