Sentences with phrase «astronauts docked the space»
In May astronauts docked the space shuttle Atlantis onto the 19 - year - old telescope to make repairs and add new instruments.
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So said US astronaut Don Pettit as he entered the Dragon space freighter after it docked with the International Space Station last week (see «Spectacular images show moment SpaceX Dragon docked&raqspace freighter after it docked with the International Space Station last week (see «Spectacular images show moment SpaceX Dragon docked&raqSpace Station last week (see «Spectacular images show moment SpaceX Dragon docked»).
I would love to see a regular upload of Nasa Images to a site like Flickr and I think it would really interest 1000s of young people, imagine browsing away and seeing an Image from the space station of a shuttle docking with perhaps a note from one of the astronauts.
A committee reviewing NASA's goals has outlined a scheme to send astronauts on progressively longer space trips — including dockings with asteroids and flybys of Venus — to prepare for an eventual landing on Mars.
The astronauts would dock with the robotic tug and conduct spacewalks to investigate the boulder before returning to Earth, spending a total of almost a month in space.