Sentences with phrase «aboard the spacecraft»

There were 10 scientific instruments aboard the spacecraft.

«Over the past several years, NASA has been funding a group of psychologists to develop a software program astronauts could use, while aboard spacecraft, to help them work through depression and conflicts with their fellow space - goers.

«So they're perfect for a life support system aboard a spacecraft that's travelling to Mars, or a small colony that's on Mars,» Thirsk says.

Time slows at that end due to an effect in Einstein's theory of special relativity known as time dilation: Relative to a stationary observer on the ground, time aboard a spacecraft appears to slow down; relative to the spacecraft, time for the observer on the ground seems to speed up.

While the LITS - 9 remains on the ground, JPL engineers are working on a smaller and lighter Deep Space Atomic Clock, which will measure time using the same mercury ion technology and will be placed aboard spacecraft to provide more precise tracking for deep - space exploration missions.

The public is helping decide where to point a color camera aboard the spacecraft, to learn about the planet's cloud structures and dynamics, among other things (SN Online: 2/17/17).

None of the known dwarf planets are close enough for New Horizons to veer off with the available fuel aboard the spacecraft.

Of the four science instruments responsible for investigating those mysteries aboard the spacecraft, two were delivered to NASA in 2012.

There was also drama aboard the spacecraft.

As New Horizons glides behind Pluto and its shadow during the flyby, an ultraviolet imaging spectrometer aboard the spacecraft, named Alice, will analyze the filtered sunlight that passes through Pluto's atmosphere.

Perhaps the most famous example of making do is the scene immortalized in the 1995 film «Apollo 13,» when ground - based engineers figured out how to make a carbon dioxide filter that would keep the astronauts from suffocating — using only parts available to the astronauts aboard the spacecraft.

The film details activities of both the astronauts and mission control during pre-launch and launch sequences, daily activities aboard the spacecraft...

And don't worry, there are more than enough cool chase scenes, scrapes, escapes, and near - death experiences aboard spacecraft both large and small to keep you entertained for the two - hour and twenty - three - minute run time.

«Passengers» Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne Director: Morten Tyldum Release Date: Dec. 21 What it's about: Lawrence and Pratt play two passengers aboard a spacecraft that's on a 120 - year journey to a distant planet.

Developed by a team of AAA veterans, including Dave Fracchia, former Studio Head at Activision subsidiary Radical Entertainment, the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning designer Les Nelkin, and BioShock Infinite and League of Legends composer Duncan Watt, The Station will take players across the universe and aboard a spacecraft orbiting a vicious alien world.

You're an officer aboard a spacecraft that crashes on alien world Zarathustra, and you have to try to survive on this planet, filled as it is with psychopathic humans and equally - friendly creatures / monsters.

While astronomers have an idea of what Pluto's atmosphere is like, and even what weather patterns it may exhibit, once New Horizons arrives at Pluto, the instruments aboard the spacecraft will take data of its atmosphere in unprecedented detail.

Aboard the spacecraft were items such as food, life support equipment, thermal control hardware and photography and video gear.