Sentences with phrase «experiences as an astronaut»

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

«So just as you wouldn't expect a candlestick - maker to become a dentist, or the shopkeeper to become an astronaut, you wouldn't expect a D.A. with no legislative experience to become a legislator.

CENTRIFUGE A device that rotates its contents — in this case, astronauts in training — to subject them to forces stronger than Earth's gravity, such as those experienced during a rocket launch.

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.

It would be shameful for me to claim to have experienced the kind of «overview effect» real astronauts talk about when they've been to space, the way they begin to see our planet as more precious and fragile and realize that we're all on it together.

During test jumps, the robot briefly experienced accelerations of about 13.8 g — more than three times those stomached by astronauts on the space shuttle as they were boosted into orbit.

Now you can be a part of a simulation of launching and being launched in a rocket as part of the all new Astronaut Training Experience ®.

Astronaut is a new job title for her, but her experience includes work as an EE for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where she contributed scientific instruments on several NASA missions.

Sandra Bullock stars with George Clooney as NASA astronauts who experience a major catastrophe in space and attempt to return safely to Earth.

Just as important, perhaps, is an account of what the astronauts and their families experienced during this exciting time in America's history.

As well as experiencing the moon rocks, rockets, capsules, space travel simulator and astronaut training, came a dedicated Mars Activities and Classroom lesson plan resource booklet and a Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite video guide for teacherAs well as experiencing the moon rocks, rockets, capsules, space travel simulator and astronaut training, came a dedicated Mars Activities and Classroom lesson plan resource booklet and a Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite video guide for teacheras experiencing the moon rocks, rockets, capsules, space travel simulator and astronaut training, came a dedicated Mars Activities and Classroom lesson plan resource booklet and a Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite video guide for teachers.

He combines quotations from those interviews with archival photos — as well as stills from 16 mm film — in Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences, co-written with his equally Apollo - obsessed wife, Victoria Kohl.

Starlite: Astronaut Rescue bills itself as an educational mini-adventure offering players a chance to «experience the thrill of standing in the boots of a future astronaut on MarAstronaut Rescue bills itself as an educational mini-adventure offering players a chance to «experience the thrill of standing in the boots of a future astronaut on Marastronaut on Mars.»

Earthlight is a Virtual Reality (VR) game that allows players to immersively experience the journey of becoming an astronaut, as well as the wonders and perils of space exploration.

In Rachel Rose's Everything and More (2015), we hear an astronaut describe the disorientating experience of returning to Earth from space: «Your sensitivities are so increased because they've been absent for so many months... It's hard to walk straight... It makes it hard to navigate; as you turn into doorways, you tend to swing wide.»

Astronauts speak of an experience of sublime wholeness when they exit Earth's atmosphere and see the fragility of the «pale blue dot» when it is understood as an object and the sphere wherein all of history and meaning has unfolded.

The International Space Station is whizzing around the Earth at a speed of approximately 17,200 miles per hour (27,600 kilometers per hour) and, as a result, astronauts on board experience 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets per day as their travel speed zips them around the globe once every 90 minutes or so.

I started Bakers and Astronauts in 2008 as a reflective teacher blog, and I have shared my experiences as an educator here ever since.