Questions tagged [first-flight]
Use for questions relating the first or maiden flight of a launch vehicle or a company.
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Why did the maiden flight of Kairos fail?
On March 13, 2024 the maiden of Space One's launch vehicle Kairos was automatically destroyed by it's Flight Termination System 5 seconds after launch. At the time, the company stated that they were ...
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How many U.S. launch vehicles have failed on initial launch? [duplicate]
I'm doing some research about U.S. launch vehicle failures, and particularly failures occurring during the first vehicle launch. I'm trying to get some data about how frequently failures like this ...
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What is the scheduled launch date history for SLS EM-1?
The Falcon Heavy was famous for being "6 months away" for around 6 years, seen in this chart. How has the SLS maiden launch schedule changed since its first proposed date?
P.S. If someone could ...
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Which part(s) of the Goddard Rocket is(are) the rocket, and why (actually) no fins?
I was reading this comment about the Pendulum rocket fallacy under this answer and looked at the picture (below) as I've seen it (or similar) in science books all my life, and I realized that I don't ...
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Roughly when were these Pegasus photos taken?
This NASA Spaceflight Tweet shows historical photos of (presumably) Antonio Elias wishing Pegasus well.
Question: Does anyone know roughly when were these Pegasus photos taken? Could they be circa ...
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