Sentences with phrase «building space stations»

We went to the park, went to «coffee» each day, had a play date with a friend a few months younger than him (which he LOVED — someone who played WITH him, not telling him what to do every minute like his sister does), watched a movie of his choosing, ate what he asked for at dinner, built space stations and launch pads out of Legos for his Space Shuttle, and read lots of books together.

Not many 12 year olds could claim they learned how to build a space station to combat the world's ever - increasing population; let alone toured the London 2012 Olympic Park as a result of their innovative thinking.

«We spent $ 100 billion and 30 years to build the space station, it's still not complete, and that's just hardware in low Earth orbit.»

These space robots — Canadarm, Canadarm2 and Dextre — are a line of computerized heavy lifters and maintenance performers, which were crucial for building the space station.

NASA hopes to resume shuttle flights by May and to keep them going long enough to finish building the space station, using no more than 18 launches.

They pointed out that the US, Canada and Japan have already started building space station hardware, and the Europeans had better cough up money soon to «assure that Europe shares fully in the programme's benefits.»

No, instead NASA is proposing to build a space station in lunar orbit.

It's a creative sandbox game that plays like the lovechild of Minecraft and Kerbal Space Program: use blocks to build space stations and terrestrial bases with the help of your trusty voxel - built spaceship.

The object of the game is to build a space station capable of warding off alien attacks while reaching out to research some strange monoliths.

Eventually they together build the space station Talos, where the game takes place.

The artist grew up near to Kubrick's home and his father worked for the company that provided the metal to build the space station set in the film 2001.

Not exact matches

Together, the 2 companies aim to build Mars Base Camp, the first Mars space station.

Auto executives emphasize that data - crunching will allow them to build a better driving experience — enabling cars to predict flat tires, find a parking space or charging station, or alert city managers to dangerous intersections where there are frequent accidents.

To get there, the China National Space Administration has already launched two unmanned orbiters and plans to build a manned space station by Space Administration has already launched two unmanned orbiters and plans to build a manned space station by space station by 2020.

The sole fatality was an Israeli - built satellite, but the accident nevertheless raised questions about SpaceX's mad dash into the solar system — particularly since it plans to use the same rocket, the Falcon 9, to ferry crews to the International Space Station in a few years (SpaceX has in the past supplied the ISS and successfully landed a Falcon 9 back on Earth so it can be reused).

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.

The company is also collaborating with NASA to build the Archinaut, a prototype 3D printer combined with robotic arms that will perform in outer space, outside of any space station, which will enable additive manufacturing at a low cost and without the risk of having astronauts assemble the pieces.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's $ 3 billion planned overhaul of Penn Station and James A. Farley Post Office received a setback Tuesday when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that it was backing out of leasing a 40,000 square foot space in the post office building, The Real Deal reported.

Port Authority had signed a lease back in 2000 with Empire State Development to use the space in the transformed building (which would be known as Moynihan Station) for 35 years, and pay $ 10.5 million each year.

Port Authority signed a deal with Empire State Development back in 2000 to lease 40,000 square feet of space at the redeveloped James A. Farley post office building which will be known as Moynihan Station after the overhaul.

Martins and Curran each pledged to pursue offshore wind projects, to create charging stations at county buildings for electric vehicles and to protect open space and parkland.

Under the plan, the LIRR will give the town a 1.49 - acre parcel that includes the Wyandanch station building and some parking space and in return get a 2.16 - acre piece of property that could eventually house a parking structure that would increase the number of parking spaces available for commuters.

The MTA must find about $ 800 million to build the new Bronx stations (in addition to two in Manhattan along another route), as well as space at Penn Station for the trains to operate.

The built in compass and tools will allow you to spot the space station easily.

Although we don't hear a lot about flywheel technology, it is used for «high - end» applications, like the International Space Station or race cars built by Audi and Porsche.

From spaced - out to space itself: NASA is sending a 3 - D printer to the International Space Station so its crew can build spare parts — a far cry from the 1970 Apollo 13 misadventure when that crew stayed alive by MacGyvering a carbon dioxide filter using duct tape, cardboard and a plasticspace itself: NASA is sending a 3 - D printer to the International Space Station so its crew can build spare parts — a far cry from the 1970 Apollo 13 misadventure when that crew stayed alive by MacGyvering a carbon dioxide filter using duct tape, cardboard and a plasticSpace Station so its crew can build spare parts — a far cry from the 1970 Apollo 13 misadventure when that crew stayed alive by MacGyvering a carbon dioxide filter using duct tape, cardboard and a plastic bag.

The crew capsule will require some upgrades for the deep - space flight, but Musk said those would be limited mainly to a communications system built for much longer distances, rather than the relatively short trips to the space station.

Send up some 3D - printing devices, and you invest in the ability to build everything on demand in space: space - station parts, astronaut tools, satellites, even spacecraft.

The ISS is no different, although it was built with a vision by some that we would have this station as the first step toward collaborative deep - space exploration.

So now I'm saying we need a commitment from NASA for that port for somebody, some entity that wants to try to [build private space stations].

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 springboard.

Cheatwood's team now wants to build aeroshells large enough to ferry cargo back from the International Space Station.

The Canadian - built Dextre, a two - armed robot aboard the International Space Station, could be a predecessor to a fleet of robots capable of repairing defunct orbiting satellites.

In addition, NASA and the Sloan Foundation recently partnered on a program to support research on the microbiome of the built environment, or the microbial ecosystem of human - made environments — in this case, the space station.

Bigelow's company, which has reserved a payload spot for a future SpaceX launch, says its ultimate goal is to build a private space station, a sort of orbital strip mall, a place that could host driving ranges, hotels, or any number of other commercial ventures.

But it also made possible the building and continuous operation of at least a small and creaky space station; the launching and in - orbit repair of hundreds of satellites, telescopes, detectors, and space probes; and the conducting of a slew of space - based experiments that contributed immensely to a range of fields.

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.

Next Tuesday an uncrewed Cygnus cargo ship will blast off to the International Space Station with the ingredients to build and burn in Space Station with the ingredients to build and burn in spacespace

With the help of enthusiastic European ham radio operators, Aalborg University engineering students now have two - way communication with their home - built ESA - sponsored satellite AAUSAT5 that was sent into orbit around Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on October 5.

The aerospace company Lockheed Martin late Thursday (Sept. 28) revealed new details for its Mars Base Camp plan, an architecture aimed at building a crewed space station in orbit around the Red Planet that would support long - term exploration at Mars by astronautson 1,000 - day missions.

To develop KidsArm, SickKids partnered with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the Canadian company that was behind the space shuttle's robotic arm and built the robotic system aboard the space station for the Canadian Space Agency (space shuttle's robotic arm and built the robotic system aboard the space station for the Canadian Space Agency (space station for the Canadian Space Agency (Space Agency (CSA).

As ESA engineers begin building a giant cargo vessel for large loads going to and from the space station, they are also looking at how it can be adapted to carry astronauts and become Europe's first manned spacecraft.

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The Jules Verne has a more advanced system, built around a camera with image - recognition software that zeros in on the five reflective markers arranged in a pyramid shape on the space station.

Then I entered the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, a brightly lit, hangarlike building filled with full - scale models of space station modules and the cockpit of the SSpace Vehicle Mockup Facility, a brightly lit, hangarlike building filled with full - scale models of space station modules and the cockpit of the Sspace station modules and the cockpit of the Soyuz.

At 12.02 pm ET on 25 May, the world's first commercially built space freighter docked at the International Space Stspace freighter docked at the International Space StSpace Station

True, crows aren't likely to build computers or space stations any time soon, but their skills do challenge current ideas about how our ancestors became master toolmakers.

The shuttle is now busy building the international space station, however, and it may be tough to reserve one to reclaim a defunct satellite as well as find the $ 50 million needed for such a mission.

Ironically, the humble Russian - built Soyuz spacecraft, operational since the»60s, outlasted both programs and is currently the only ride for U.S. and Russian astronauts to reach the International Space Station.

The mission, Orbital - 2, will both deliver new scientific investigations to the space station, as well as help build upon and expand prior studies.