Sentences with phrase «technology for space exploration»

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«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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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 Staspace 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 Spaexploration 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 StaSpace 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 SpaExploration 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 StaSpace Station.

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

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.

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.»

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.

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

Orion will use an advanced crew capsule design utilizing state of the art technology and is a key element of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration and will succeed the Space Shuttle in transporting a new generation of human explorers to and from the International Space Station, the Moon and eventually to Mars and beyond.

Neither NASA nor the companies will reveal what percentage of the development costs are being borne by the taxpayers, although NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Bill Gerstenmaier acknowledged at a 2012 House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee hearing that the government was paying the majority of those costs and did not disagree when asked if it was 80 - 90 percent.

«2015 is going to be a very exciting year particularly for the public and space exploration,» says Bruce Betts, director of science and technology for The Planetary Society.

In the «Proving Ground» stage that follows, the space agency will not only conduct experiments and operations in the cislunar space — the space around the moon — it will also develop and test technologies required for human exploration of Mars.

From groundbreaking technology like LightSail ®, to policy that shapes historic missions, the global group explores space together through four core enterprises: Human Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for space together through four core enterprises: Human Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Life.

Both the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationSpace and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationSpace Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationspace capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization act.

«The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French National Space Agency (CNES) had agreed to work together on autonomous navigation of rovers on Moon, Mars and other planets, and aero braking technologies for planetary exploration.»

NASA Associate Administrators for Human Exploration and Operations (Bill Gerstenmaier) and Space Technology (Steve Jurczyk) will be joined at the witness table by former astronaut Franklin Chang - Diaz (of VASIMR engine fame), Mitchell Walker representing the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Joe Cassady from Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Anthony Pancotti of MSNW LLC, which is developing the NASA - funded Electrodeless Lorentz Force (ELF - 250) thruster and the ElectroMagnetic Plasmoid Thruster (EMPT).

NASA is investing in technology concepts that include meteoroid impact detection, space telescope swarms and small orbital debris mapping technologies that may one day be used for future space exploration missions.

The Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing on March 24, 2010 on «Proposed Changes to NASA's Exploration Program: What's Known, What's Not, and What Are the Issues for Congress?»

Bold Futura is one of the subsidiary companies of the Tagruato Corporation introduced during the 2007 viral / ARG, which was working on the «design, manufacture and integration of advanced technology products for the military, arms manufacturers and space exploration organizations.»

The programmes for the new season are themed «MISSION MOON ℠» and «INTO ORBIT ℠» to help build students» curiosity around space exploration and scientific discovery while developing their skills and experience in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

The programs for the new season are themed «MISSION MOON ℠» and «INTO ORBIT ℠» to help build students» curiosity around space exploration and scientific discovery while developing their skills and experience in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Best known for her performances, installations, and videos, Mori's works focus on alternative interpretations of self and the exploration of space, spirituality, technology, and the various factors that influence the viewer's perception of identity.

But it was reconceptualized to include not only galleries, but also performance spaces, theaters, and rehearsal studios, as well as to embrace multi-media technology; it also plans to «serve as an open laboratory for the creation and exploration of contemporary art.»

Researchers think that they could be solutions for military operations, law enforcement, space exploration, or even apply the technology as solutions for amputees.

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