Sentences with phrase «as an astronaut who»

The Martian stars Matt Damon as an astronaut who, through a series of unfortunate events, is left stranded on Mars.

Matt Damon is starring as an astronaut who gets left behind on Mars when the other members of his space - crew are forced to leave the planet during a space - storm.

Gyllenhaal stars opposite Ryan Reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson as astronauts who discover life on Mars — and it seems less than friendly to human visitors.

Produced by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment and CBS Television Studios, Extant stars Berry as an astronaut who returns home after a year - long solo mission in space to discover she's pregnant.

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

Not exact matches

As part of the series — produced by Darren Aronofsky and narrated by superstar Will Smith — several astronauts give personal anecdotes and perspectives about the planet based on a place few humans who have actually visited outer space.

Everyone else — the other astronauts who spent the term of their mission aboard the ISS as something other than a launchpad for a public speaking career — will shake their heads, embarrassed at the display: mortifying, needy, totally typifying Hadfield's tour of duty as Canada's first - ever ISS commander.

The six astronauts who live and work on the International Space Station will welcome 2017 at the same time as UK, reports NBC News.

«The Martian» stars Matt Damon as astronaut / botanist Mark Watney, who gets left behind on Mars after being presumed dead by his team.

A lot of the people who have joined Bitcoin are tech - minded people, as are many of our current future astronauts.

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?

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.

This year's grand marshal was astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who served as the pilot for the Apollo 11 mission and was one of the first people to walk on the moon.

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.

The visual contrast emphasizes the astronauts» roles as outsiders who have a rare perspective on the blue marble.

«Viewed as a supply chain, astronaut selection and training is very sensitive to critical shortfalls; astronauts who are trained for specific roles and missions can't be easily interchanged,» the report's committee co-chair Frederick Gregory, a former astronaut who commanded three shuttle missions and has served as NASA's deputy administrator, said in a statement.

Once on that lowland, the bergs are carried along by the slow - flowing nitrogen ice, often ending up clumped together in large groups (such as the 60 - km - long Challenger Colles, upper right, a feature whose name honors the seven astronauts who died onboard space shuttle Challenger in 1986).

NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld, an astrophysicist and astronaut who worked on three repair missions to the Hubble Space Telescope, will retire from his position as head of the science mission directorate on 30 April, the agency announced today.

Many of the same people who usually earn spots with NASA (such as military test pilots) should still have an advantage in the new order, but the combination of multiple companies and flexible regulations may create opportunities for a broader group of would - be astronauts.

As a child who spent many nights scanning the unpolluted sky of his native northern Wisconsin, his first space ambition was to become an astronaut.

(We have a vicarious sense of this «zero - g» situation today from footage of space station astronauts, who are not outside of Earth's gravitational field, but actually in free fall as they orbit Earth.)

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.

In a new paper in Scientific Reports, FSU Dean of the College of Human Sciences and Professor Michael Delp explains that the men who traveled into deep space as part of the lunar missions were exposed to levels of galactic cosmic radiation that have not been experienced by any other astronauts or cosmonauts.

The attacks have been especially swift and sharp from senators Barbara Mikulski (D - MD) and Richard Shelby (R - AL), who represent states that currently get substantial NASA investment, as well as from former Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan.

Planes, Pools, and VR The dozen or so applicants per class who make the cut — referred to within NASA as Ascans (short for «astronaut candidates» and pronounced to generate a smirk)-- undergo two and a half years of intensive training before earning the title of astronaut.

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.

A NASA study suggests that the skin cancer rate in astronauts might be three times as high as that of NASA employees who have not flown in space, though this is not necessarily solely due to the effects on the immune system.

Yet studies suggesting that astronauts who spent time in space developed diabetes - like symptoms link microgravity with metabolism and point toward the liver, the major organ of metabolism, as a possible target of the space environment.

As PR for the space program, it rivaled the efforts of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who played guitar and sang David Bowie's «Space Oddity» on the International Space Station.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden released this statement: «Leonard Nimoy was an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, scientists, astronauts, and other space explorers... As Mr. Spock, he made science and technology important to the story, while never failing to show, by example, that it is the people around us who matter most.

The group includes Robert Behnken, a two - time space shuttle veteran who is stepping down as chief of the Astronaut Office to resume training.

The report's release coincides with NASA's Day of Remembrance in honor of the astronauts who died as the result of spaceflights.

«As history has proven, when we explore space, we garner the greatest benefits here at home — witness the widespread use of GPS, weather data, remote sensing for farming, MRI scans,» said former NASA astronaut, engineer and physician Dr. Mae Jemison, who leads 100YSS.

The Astronaut's Wife marked the directorial debut of Rand Ravich, who previously penned screenplays for such films as The Maker and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh.

Matt Damon leads the space survival drama as Mark Watney, an astronaut who's presumed dead and left on Mars after a dust storm.

Clooney is effortlessly charming as the laconic astronaut who behaves like a cross between Buzz Lightyear and a square - jawed hero in an old Howard Hawks Western.

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

Matt Damon is most enjoyable as the astronaut with a never - say - die attitude who uses his brain to survive until a rescue mission can be mounted.

Jon — who is best known for his roles in The Punisher, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Walking Dead - will be suiting up as a NASA astronaut and test pilot that walks on the moon.

Following his success with «La La Land,» filmmaker Damien Chazelle signed on to helm the Neil Armstrong film «First Man» starring Ryan Gosling as the famed astronaut who was the first to step on the moon.

Finally, David Hassellhoff, the grand fromage of cheesy action, arrived as Fin's astronaut father, who helped him save the world with a secret space shuttle and some male bonding.

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.

Though the mumbo - jumbo opening voiceover left me confused as to what Bradley Cooper's job is (he seems to have been an astronaut and Air Force pilot who's now a private contractor designated to help Bill Murray build rocket - launching platforms in Hawaii), «Aloha» starts off pretty swell.

The story focuses specifically on three of them, known as «human computers», who helped worked with NASA in calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit (in 1962), and guaranteeing his safe return.

Based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir, Scott's latest science fiction film sees Damon as Mark Watney, an astronaut who's presumed dead and left behind by his crew on the red planet.

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.

The film is about a team of American astronauts on a space station who make a terrifying discovery that «challenges all they know about the fabric of reality, even as they desperately fight for their survival.»

In the 8 - way directional shooter Section Z, players head into outer space as a lone astronaut who must fight his way through a secret space station of an alien empire called the «Balangool».

Opening Friday nationwide, the sci - fi adventure stars Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney, who's presumed dead during a mission to Mars and left behind by his crew.