Jun 9 2003
From The Space Library
NASA announced the successful first test flight of Altair, its UAV. The purpose of the test flight was to evaluate Altair's airworthiness and flight controls. NASA's Earth Science Enterprise had established performance specifications for the craft, which was an extended-wing version of the MQ-9 Predator B military UAV~one of several UAVs designed for civil applications. (NASA, “NASA's Newest Unmanned Aircraft Makes Successful First Flight,” news release 03-193, 9 June 2003, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/jun/HQ_03193_altair.html (accessed 12 December 2008).
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