Sentences with phrase «space exploration technology»

Space exploration technology has drastically improved since the first astronauts were around.

As the shuttle — the centerpiece of American space exploration for the last 40 years — paraded to its final resting place at the city's California Science Center, the future of spaceflight was orbiting overhead: Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) Corporation's Dragon, an unmanned capsule, was circling 240 miles up, delivering nearly 900 pounds of food, water, and equipment to the International Space Station.

This undated artist rendering provided by Space Exploration Technologies (Space X), shows Space Exploration Technology's new rocket Falcon Heavy.

Space Exploration Technology has already sent the first private rocket and capsule into Earth's orbit as a commercial venture.

After years of delays and roughly $ 1 billion invested, Space Exploration Technology Corp has successfully launched a test flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket.

Following the conclusion of its investigation into an explosion last year in September, Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technology Corp., or SpaceX, will take its rocket to the launch pad again on Sunday,

Cosmic radiation, another form of energetic ions in space, is an important consideration in designing materials and advanced electronics used in satellites and other space exploration technologies.

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Jason Crusan, director of advanced exploration systems at NASA, says the space agency already uses virtual reality technology in astronaut training and spacecraft simulations, so it was logical to extend that successful model to inspire and educate the next generation of space explorers and scientists.

«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research, development, assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.

«We want to invest taxpayer resources in scientific discovery, technology development and space exploration — not in maintaining infrastructure we no longer need,» Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, said in a statement.

But as space technology moves further away from governmental oversight and towards commercialization, what happens to the history and relics of our nation's revered past in space exploration?

A few sources even spoke of cultured meat in the context of space exploration; we need this technology to colonize Mars, they contend.

Our maiden Mission Approval establishes an important precedent for the private sector to engage in peaceful space exploration, bringing with it monumental implications for the advancement of technology, science, research, and development, as well as commercial ventures that expand Earth's economic sphere.

«The next frontier is deep space exploration,» he continued — the vehicles, technology and infrastructure necessary for space travel.

Mr. Musk has also served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of Space Exploration Corporation, a company which is developing and launching advanced rockets for satellite and eventually human transportation, since May 2002, and as Chairman of SolarCity, a solar installation company, since July 2006.

As private enterprise continues to push the boundaries of space exploration, investors should remember that while interest in entrepreneurial space has been ramping up, commercial space technologies are reaching an inflection point.

But some analysts have questioned whether his myriad of other interests, from space exploration to tunnel boring technology, are a distraction at a critical time within Tesla.

But now, falling launch costs, improvements in technology and high levels of private funding are making space exploration another industry ripe for disruption.

But the 1970s, space exploration and evolving technology influenced production and the first modern stroller called the «Apollo» was produced.

One iconic area in this regard is space technology: the Chinese Shenzhou programme of space exploration seems particularly daring at a time when both American and European projects are falling victim to budget cuts in their increasingly hard - pressed homelands.

Ghana's annual space exploration expenditure has been 1 % of its gross domestic product (GDP) for support research in science and technology and in 2012 Ghana was elected to chairman the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agency (SAspace exploration expenditure has been 1 % of its gross domestic product (GDP) for support research in science and technology and in 2012 Ghana was elected to chairman the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agenctechnology and in 2012 Ghana was elected to chairman the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space AgencTechnology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agency (SAspace exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agency (SASpace Agency (SANSA).

The Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre (GSSTC) and Ghana Space Agency (GhsA) oversees the space exploration and space programmes of Ghana and GSSTC and GhsA officials are to have a national security observational satellite launched into orbit in Space Science and Technology Centre (GSSTC) and Ghana Space Agency (GhsA) oversees the space exploration and space programmes of Ghana and GSSTC and GhsA officials are to have a national security observational satellite launched into orbit in Space Agency (GhsA) oversees the space exploration and space programmes of Ghana and GSSTC and GhsA officials are to have a national security observational satellite launched into orbit in space exploration and space programmes of Ghana and GSSTC and GhsA officials are to have a national security observational satellite launched into orbit in space programmes of Ghana and GSSTC and GhsA officials are to have a national security observational satellite launched into orbit in 2015.

ExoMars comprises two missions under ESA's Aurora programme designed to further scientific discovery and develop technologies to lay the foundations for human space exploration.

From space exploration to clean energy to medical technologies, Britain will remain at the forefront of collective endeavours to better understand, and make better, the world in which we live

Plasma propulsion is an important and efficient technology used to control spacecraft for Earth observation, communications and fundamental exploration of outer space.

Combining the history of astronomy with the latest advances in space age technologies, this exciting coloring book combined fun with facts about space exploration and our solar system.

Deep space exploration China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has heralded the repurposed probe, which has made China's space agency the third ever to visit a Lagrangian point.

«By investing in these studies, NASA will gain valuable insight into affordable ways to perform the Asteroid Redirect Mission while also advancing technologies needed to drive future exploration missions,» said James Reuther, deputy associate administrator for Space Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Proposals were selected in collaboration with NASA's Space Technology and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorates.

Mangala Sharma, 2012 - 14 AAAS Policy Fellow at the Department of State Office of Space and Advanced Technology, co-organized the first - ever ministerial - level International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) on January 9, 2014 in Washington at the State Department.

Although no NASA mission currently has plans to take a sequencer into space, the agency is supporting several efforts to get the technology ready for exploration.

We have shown that a mature version of this technology could enhance deep - space exploration anywhere within the solar system and beyond,» Mitchell said.

NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is paving the way for future Mars exploration.

Waukesha, WI — This year witnessed advances, revelations — and headlines — in space exploration, technology, mathematics, climate science genetics and public health.

This demonstration of the key steps in fuel production will ensure that this vital space power technology will be available to provide electricity and heat for ambitious exploration missions of the solar system in this decade and beyond.

«Starshot may not get us to the stars,» he says, «but it should, at a minimum, help us develop technologies that will be useful in future space exploration.»

«From the heights of the space station, to the hospitals here on Earth, we are excited that this space technology is making its way to better the lives of our families,» said Gilles Leclerc, director general of Space Exploration at the Canadian Space Agspace station, to the hospitals here on Earth, we are excited that this space technology is making its way to better the lives of our families,» said Gilles Leclerc, director general of Space Exploration at the Canadian Space Agspace technology is making its way to better the lives of our families,» said Gilles Leclerc, director general of Space Exploration at the Canadian Space AgSpace Exploration at the Canadian Space AgSpace Agency.

Since 1997, NASA has used the Haughton Crater on Devon Island as a testing ground for rovers, space suits, and other technology being developed for exploration of the Red Planet.

The investigations aboard Dragon will help us improve our understanding of how humans adapt to living in space for long periods of time and help us develop technologies that will enable deep space exploration.»

From space exploration to medicine, technology, paleontology and the environment, we've got every field covered, and our countdown puts these discoveries in context so you can understand the bigger picture.

Part of President Obama's FY 2014 budget request for NASA, the asteroid initiative capitalizes on activities across the agency's human exploration, space technology and science programs.

Jose Camberos, research aerospace engineer and lead of design space exploration at the Multidisciplinary Science & Technology Center of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, said that the work will hopefully give the field better insight into where the design of airplanes is going.

And she sees potential applications for such technologies in agriculture, medicine and even space exploration.

This research has also made use of the Exoplanet Follow - up Observation Program website, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.

This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.

Sub-topics include: actuators, advanced materials, artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, bio-inspired design, exoskeletons, fabrication, field robotics, human - robot interaction, humanoids, industrial robotics, kinematics, machine learning, material science, medical technology, motion planning and control, micro - and nano - robotics, multi-robot control, sensors, service robotics, social and ethical issues, soft robotics, and space, planetary and undersea exploration.

«The Budget creates new opportunities for collaboration with industry on space station operations, supports public - private partnerships for deep - space habitation and exploration systems, funds data buys from companies operating small satellite constellations, and supports work with industry to develop and commercialize new space technologies,» OMB officials wrote.

People have been dreaming about space travel for hundreds of years, long before the arrival of the spectacular technologies behind space exploration today.

Stephen Gorevan, chairman of Honeybee Robotics, a Brooklyn - based company best known for the work it's done to equip NASA's Mars rovers with robotic life - detection components, talks about aerospace technology and the future of space exploration.

The European Space Agency (ESA) w3 is Europe's gateway to space, organising programmes to find out more about Earth, its immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe, as well as to co-operate in the human exploration of space, to develop satellite - based technologies and services, and to promote European industSpace Agency (ESA) w3 is Europe's gateway to space, organising programmes to find out more about Earth, its immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe, as well as to co-operate in the human exploration of space, to develop satellite - based technologies and services, and to promote European industspace, organising programmes to find out more about Earth, its immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe, as well as to co-operate in the human exploration of space, to develop satellite - based technologies and services, and to promote European industspace environment, our Solar System and the Universe, as well as to co-operate in the human exploration of space, to develop satellite - based technologies and services, and to promote European industspace, to develop satellite - based technologies and services, and to promote European industries.