Sentences with phrase «as private space stations»

Even though the aging station will likely outlive its useful life span by 2024, American companies hope to build its successor by mounting capsules to the ISS that could eventually serve as private space stations.

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The goal of Ixion (NanoRacks, alongside Space Systems / Loral (SSL) and United Launch Alliance (ULA)-RRB-, will be to create a commercialized space station that is available for use by the private space industry, as well as building and establishing manufacturing facilities beyond Earth's oSpace Systems / Loral (SSL) and United Launch Alliance (ULA)-RRB-, will be to create a commercialized space station that is available for use by the private space industry, as well as building and establishing manufacturing facilities beyond Earth's ospace station that is available for use by the private space industry, as well as building and establishing manufacturing facilities beyond Earth's ospace industry, as well as building and establishing manufacturing facilities beyond Earth's orbit.

After a decade as NASA's program manager for the International Space Station (ISS) he retired from the agency in September 2015 to pursue opportunities in the private sector, convinced that a golden age of commercial spaceflight was dawning.

As Axiom's president, Suffredini's goal is simple: to build and fly the world's first private space station, using the ISS as a springboarAs Axiom's president, Suffredini's goal is simple: to build and fly the world's first private space station, using the ISS as a springboaras a springboard.

Having enjoyed a series of successful partnerships with private companies, such as SpaceX, to send cargo to the International Space Station, NASA now hopes to do the same with moon landers.

Instead, the new plan would put billions towards helping private companies develop their own rockets and spacecraft, which could then serve as taxis to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

«And launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as NASA turns to the private sector to resupply the International Space Station.»

NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which will employ private contractors to transport astronauts to the International Space Station, has taken a step closer to crewed flights as the two prime contractors conduct the latest round of tests of their spacecraft parachute systems.

An adjacent armchair as well as a second LCD television and iPod docking station create an inviting space for private reflection.

As a principal shaper of the commercial spaceflight industry, he cofounded Space Adventures, the only company to arrange space flights for private citizens and is the sixth private astronaut to live aboard the International Space StaSpace Adventures, the only company to arrange space flights for private citizens and is the sixth private astronaut to live aboard the International Space Staspace flights for private citizens and is the sixth private astronaut to live aboard the International Space StaSpace Station.