Sentences with phrase «extended space voyages»
It is a place human explorers will not visit in the foreseeable future, although the data on the flux of cosmic rays (energetic particles from deep space) into the solar system will allow engineers to better gauge the risk to both spacecraft and humans during extended space voyages.
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His ideas, once ridiculed, have been partially vindicated by the discovery that pieces of Mars have landed on Earth, and by studies showing that extremely hardy microbes could survive extended voyages through space.
The company's Starliner vehicle is supposed to take NASA astronauts to the ISS for the first time later this year on a two - week trip, but the space agency is considering extending the voyage to six months.