Sentences with phrase «as an astronaut»

When kids my age were playing as astronauts or whatever, I was playing private eye.

Scientists have proposed ways to clear space junk by launching water at it and have taken measures such as astronauts sleeping in escape pods in reaction to the growing space debris problem.

Just as astronauts lose bone mass in space as a response to the decreased need for strong bones in a zero gravity environment, weight bearing exercise increases bone mass.

And as astronauts begin to spend much more time in space, their survival may depend on how well we can predict the sun's violent episodes.

They'll go through all these normal processes to be certified as astronauts.

That would be Ridley Scott's The Martian, starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars.

The sun is a tempestuous place prone to proton and electron particle storms that can speed across a 150 - million - kilometer space chasm to bash into Earth's atmosphere, potentially disrupting satellite service, damaging telecommunications networks, causing power grid blackouts and endangering high - altitude aircraft as well as astronauts on board the International Space Station.

The film stars Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars.

Matt Damon stars as Astronaut Mark Watney, who is presumed dead after a violent storm and left behind by his crew while on Mars.

In Adr1ft you play as an astronaut who has no choice but to survive on a destroyed space station and the areas around it.

Mark Damon stars as astronaut Mark Watney in Ridley Scott's adaptation of The Martian by Andy Weir.

Women in Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and more.

Grunsfeld served for many years as an astronaut within NASA's human spaceflight division, and flew on five shuttle missions.

Ladies, give yourself a night off from your second job as an astronaut or neurosurgeon.

She received her doctorate in physics from Stanford University in 1978, and once her career as an astronaut ended, she became a physics professor at the University of California, San Diego, and director of the California Space Institute in 1989.

The most humanly dramatic moment of the film, is when Hal pleads for his life as the astronaut disconnects him.

Instead of letting it be like a kid who spends years looking up at the sky dreaming of blasting off into space as an astronaut one day, not really knowing what that would entail — or if they would even like it — why not let her explore it now?

Proven Lands, by developers thesetales, is a sandbox roguelike set in the expanse of space, where you play as an astronaut exploring a procedurally generated alien world straight out of -LSB-...]

Cast: Jonah Bobo as Danny; Josh Hutcherson as Walter; Dax Shepard as the Astronaut; Kristen Stewart as Lisa; Tim Robbins as Dad

Damon earned his third acting Oscar nomination for Ridley Scott's 2015 space drama «The Martian» — playing solo for much of the film as an astronaut stranded on the red planet.

Maybe not literally, but she has worked as an astronaut for years.

In January 1998, NASA again selected Morgan as an astronaut candidate and assigned her to that year's astronaut training class.

The weekend wound down with «Houston, We Have a Problem» brunch at the home of Virginia Lebermann and John Wotovicz, co-hosted with Suzanne Deal Booth that featured performance artist Dion Laurent dressed as an astronaut walking around with a bouquet of daisies followed by a benefit concert with the band Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) at the Capri, which brought together seemingly every soul in town.

On the 30th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing, digital reproductions of the Apollo photographs show the moon as the astronauts saw it

People will also be able to watch through the VR app as astronauts discuss their experiences aboard the International Space Station.

Made in Space's technology — dubbed the Additive Manufacturing Facility — is busy printing replacement parts and tools as the astronauts need them; a far better choice than launching replacement tools from Earth on future rockets, which could take more than several months to arrive.

He sings, «Some wander the wilderness, some drink cosmopolitans / Some cold science, some glean astroplanes / I can't tell where the canvas stops, homesick as an astronaut.»

Charlie's big brother and sisters have also used it as inspiration for making up stories, which has been very funny for me to listen to and entertaining for Charlie, who has giggled away as the astronaut and rocket ship have adventured on the Moon and Mars.

There are lots of countries that want to have a meaningful astronaut program, flying their citizens as astronauts rather than as tourists.

Earlier this year, as astronauts busied themselves inside the International Space Station, engineers on the ground conducted their own experiment just outside the craft.

As astronaut Susan Kilrain has said: «I was never one to be out there willing to risk myself and my career.

Uniquely, the Apollo 11 mission emblem does not name the crew, as the astronauts wanted to ensure it was applicable to all who worked on the mission.

The images depict crew operations including the Orion spacecraft's trip to and rendezvous with the relocated asteroid, as well as astronauts maneuvering through a spacewalk to collect samples from the asteroid.

On a July day in 1969, the world watched intently as astronaut Neil Armstrong, wearing one of these garments, stepped off a ladder and onto a dusty, alien terrain, forever changing the landscape both of the moon and of human history.

After her talk, Ochoa fielded questions from social media about her experiences as an astronaut, including a question about which spot on Earth looked the most beautiful to her from space.

In 2014, the world looked on eagerly as a probe landed on a comet for the first time, as a test flight brought humans one step closer to Mars, and as astronauts tweeted home striking images from space, giving those left behind on Earth the sense that they were along for the ride.

Selected as an astronaut by NASA in January 1990, Wisoff is a veteran of four space shuttle flights.

The introduction of Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood as astronauts on a mission to Jupiter finally gives some narrative to the film.

Gravity does just that, casting George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts stranded in zero - g when their ride is wrecked by satellite debris.

Winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Outstanding Debut, Duncan Jones» sci - fi stars Sam Rockwell and, well, that's essentially it, as his astronaut remains stuck in isolation on a moon base with only himself for company.

Per Deadline, Bloodline «s Kyle Chandler will star as astronaut Deke Slayton, who was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and later became NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations.

The entire cast is likeable and the four leads shine in their respective roles as the astronauts.

Academy Award - nominee Sam Rockwell stars as astronaut Sam Bell, who has spent nearly 3 years harvesting clean fuel to send back to Earth.

The rest of the cast — Kevin Costner as Al Harrison, director of the Space Task Group, Jim Parsons as a NASA scientist, and Glen Powell as astronaut John Glenn — provide a sturdy framework, but it is the women who are the stars of the show.

Pablo Schreiber has been cast as astronaut Jim Lovell in «First Man».