Sentences with phrase «international space station crew»

Just take a look at the first official trailer for Life, about an International Space Station crew who discover organic extraterrestrial matter on the surface of Mars.

The next three International Space Station crew members arrived at their launch site Sunday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Not exact matches

SpaceX, along with Boeing (ba), also has a contract with NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the «Commercial Crew» program, with the first crucial test flight slated for the second quarter.

Musk has also said the cost would be comparable or a little higher than the cost of a crewed mission to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket.

The sole fatality was an Israeli - built satellite, but the accident nevertheless raised questions about SpaceX's mad dash into the solar system — particularly since it plans to use the same rocket, the Falcon 9, to ferry crews to the International Space Station in a few years (SpaceX has in the past supplied the ISS and successfully landed a Falcon 9 back on Earth so it can be reused).

NASA's Commercial Crew Program allows private firms SpaceX and Boeing to bring U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

NASA has announced four more contracts to SpaceX and Boeing for crewed flights to the International Space Station in 2018.

Dragon 2, in spite of several delays, is a key part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program — in which the agency will contract private companies (SpaceX and Boeing so far) to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.

Pope Francis speaks to the crew aboard the International Space Station from the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017.

According to SpaceX, the two people are anonymous private citizens who have already «paid a significant deposit» on the trip that he said would cost a bit more than a crewed mission to the International Space Station would.

It was then presented over video link by a crew of three Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station.

The experiences on Skylab continue to inform the way crew members eat aboard the International Space Station, which has been continuously occupied by up to six people at a time since November 2000.

During Atlantis's 12 - day mission the crew will deliver the Italian Space Agency's reusable Raffaello Multipurpose Logistics Module loaded with around 3,500 kilograms of science experiments, supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station.

Then there are space station spacewalk repairs to train for, software systems to learn and docking procedures for the international fleet of robotic and crewed spaceships that visit the orbiting lab.

From spaced - out to space itself: NASA is sending a 3 - D printer to the International Space Station so its crew can build spare parts — a far cry from the 1970 Apollo 13 misadventure when that crew stayed alive by MacGyvering a carbon dioxide filter using duct tape, cardboard and a plasticspace itself: NASA is sending a 3 - D printer to the International Space Station so its crew can build spare parts — a far cry from the 1970 Apollo 13 misadventure when that crew stayed alive by MacGyvering a carbon dioxide filter using duct tape, cardboard and a plasticSpace Station so its crew can build spare parts — a far cry from the 1970 Apollo 13 misadventure when that crew stayed alive by MacGyvering a carbon dioxide filter using duct tape, cardboard and a plastic bag.

A mock - up of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, including, from top, the pilot's seat, the exterior, and an interior configured to carry either four astronauts to the moon or up to six to Mars or the International Space Station.

The six crew members of the International Space Station prepared to abandon ship when NASA spotted a piece of space junk hurtling toward them at 29,000 miles per Space Station prepared to abandon ship when NASA spotted a piece of space junk hurtling toward them at 29,000 miles per space junk hurtling toward them at 29,000 miles per hour.

NASA is running a competition that will select a private company to provide $ 500 million in cargo - and crew - ferrying services to the International Space Station and has chipped in $ 2 million toward a new $ 2.5 million X-Prize competition for a lunar - lander - type vehicle.

The moon flight is scheduled to launch afterSpaceX flies NASA astronautsto the International Space Station as a part of the Commercial Crew Program.

In the past, space exploration programs have adopted two main strategies in supplying mission crews with resources: a carry - along approach, where all vehicles and resources travel with the crew at all times — as on the Apollo missions to the moon — and a «resupply strategy,» in which resources are replenished regularly, such as by spaceflights to the International Space Staspace exploration programs have adopted two main strategies in supplying mission crews with resources: a carry - along approach, where all vehicles and resources travel with the crew at all times — as on the Apollo missions to the moon — and a «resupply strategy,» in which resources are replenished regularly, such as by spaceflights to the International Space StaSpace Station.

That event will feature NASA officials and crew members aboard the International Space Station as they observe the rover anniversary and discuss how its activities and other robotic projects are helping prepare for a human mission to Mars and an asteroid.

«Biofilms were rampant on the Mir space station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rspace station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rSpace Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.»

Most recently, Dryden engineers helped design and test the Orion crew module, which may serve as a lifeboat aboard the International Space Station.

An eruption of fire and smoke sent a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft skyward laden with 5,000 pounds of scientific equipment and supplies destined for use by the crew of the International Space Station.

«This launch kicks off a very busy time for the space station,» said NASA's Sam Scimemi, director of the International Space Station, noting upcoming launches of a Soyuz carrying the next crew of the station and launches of cargo spacecraft within a mspace station,» said NASA's Sam Scimemi, director of the International Space Station, noting upcoming launches of a Soyuz carrying the next crew of the station and launches of cargo spacecraft within astation,» said NASA's Sam Scimemi, director of the International Space Station, noting upcoming launches of a Soyuz carrying the next crew of the station and launches of cargo spacecraft within a mSpace Station, noting upcoming launches of a Soyuz carrying the next crew of the station and launches of cargo spacecraft within aStation, noting upcoming launches of a Soyuz carrying the next crew of the station and launches of cargo spacecraft within astation and launches of cargo spacecraft within a month.

Seidler and colleagues examined structural MRIs in 12 astronauts who spent two weeks as shuttle crew members, and 14 who spent six months on the International Space Station.

NASA has subsequently shifted its long - term focus away from the space shuttle and the International Space Station toward the creation of a crew - carrying vehicle to fulfill its new mandate, and engineers at the agency are supremely confident that they have the technical know - how to build such a spacecspace shuttle and the International Space Station toward the creation of a crew - carrying vehicle to fulfill its new mandate, and engineers at the agency are supremely confident that they have the technical know - how to build such a spacecSpace Station toward the creation of a crew - carrying vehicle to fulfill its new mandate, and engineers at the agency are supremely confident that they have the technical know - how to build such a spacecraft.

President Obama has proposed that the Orion capsule, which would have carried crews to the International Space Station and to the moon, should stay on as the space station's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz capSpace Station and to the moon, should stay on as the space station's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz cStation and to the moon, should stay on as the space station's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz capspace station's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz cstation's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz capsule.

Orion, NASA's next - generation crew vehicle, is slated to carry astronauts to the International Space Station in 2015, to the moon by 2020, and eventually to Mars.

We would be a crew that wouldn't receive much day - to - day input from «Earth - based» mission - support, a setup very different from that experienced by astronauts on the International Space Station or those who went to the moon.

Now Discovery is finally off the ground, its seven - person crew will bring much - needed supplies to the International Space Station.

Obama now wants NASA to develop a stripped - down version of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle — which was part of Constellation — as a lifeboat for the international space station.

Meanwhile aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 39 crew is in the homestretch of preparations for a spacewalk to replace a failed backup computer relay box in the S0 truss.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon spacecraft loaded with nearly 2.5 tons of supplies and experiment hardware for the International Space Station's Expedition 39 crew, lifted off at 3:25 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Both SpaceX and aerospace company Boeing could launch crewed missions to the International Space Station before 2018 is out.

Obama also softened his proposal to eliminate Constellation entirely, saying that he had directed NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to begin work on an escape craft for the International Space Station that would be based on Constellation's Orion crew capsule.

Today, I am the project manager for the TPS nose development of the Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station.

NASA and Russia's space agency might leave the International Space Station temporarily without a crew starting in November, NASA said on Mospace agency might leave the International Space Station temporarily without a crew starting in November, NASA said on MoSpace Station temporarily without a crew starting in November, NASA said on Monday.

The International Space Station was an obvious choice for a study site, they said, because it's the place where astronauts have spent the most time (the ISS has been continuously occupied by rotating crews since 2000).

SpaceX has been flying cargo capsules to the International Space Station since 2014 and has pioneered the use of reusable rockets and capsules, but has yet to launch a crewed mission.

Musk's company's robotic Dragon cargo capsule has already flown supplies to the International Space Station, and SpaceX has been selected by NASA to build a crew vehicle that will take people to the orbiting laboratory.

That's a problem since they can damage crewed spacecraft like the International Space Station and the 24 GPS satellites that we depend on back on Earth.

Elon Musk, head of the SpaceX company, based in Hawthorne, California, told the committee that commercial launch providers like his own company could take care of transporting crew and cargo to the International Space Station, freeing up funds for NASA's loftier ambitions.

These so - called Red Dragon missions would adapt the same crewed capsule that SpaceX is developing to help NASA send astronauts to the International Space Station, and place it on top of a Falcon Heavy rocket — whose maiden test flight is scheduled for 2017.

After 17 years of continuous habitation by a rotating crew of astronauts, the International Space Station has become a hub for scientific discoveries that might never have happened on Earth, said Ellen Ochoa, the director of the NASA Johnson Space Center and a former astronaut.

«The commercial cargo and crew work continues through the life of the International Space Station in the budget,» NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot said in a statement.

Marshburn arrived on the International Space Station in December 2012, along with three other crew members.

But the results of two NASA collaborative investigations — Validation of Procedures for Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function (Integrated Immune) and Clinical Nutrition Assessment of ISS Astronauts, SMO - 016E (Clinical Nutrition Assessment)-- recently published in the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research suggest that spaceflight may temporarily alter the immune system of crew members flying long duration missions aboard the International Space Station.

To prevent this physical decline, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) typically spend 2 hours exercising per day.

This photograph of the aurora borealis, or «northern lights,» over Canada was taken by a member of the Expedition 53 crew aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 15, 2017 (Credit: NASA)