Sentences with phrase «first space station»

Sustainability Base, NASA's first space station on earth, designed by William McDonough + Partners, opens at Moffett Field, California.

This quirky space is filled with unusual artefacts steeped in Australian humour, including the remains of America's first space station, Skylab, which plummeted to the earth here in 1979.

The first space station spacewalk of the new year, launching GOLD to study Earth's near - space environment, and - read all about it... there's NASA tech you probably use every day... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA.

China also plans to complete the construction of its first space station early next decade, aiming to replace the International Space Station after its retirement as the biggest man - made facility in space.

Tiangong - 1 was China's first space station.

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Tiangong - 1 is China's first space station; it launched in 2011 and was visited twice by taikonauts (Chinese astronauts).

China's first space station, Tiangong - 1, is expected to fall to Earth sometime between March 31 and April 1.

The first space station China ever launched is about to return to Earth as a mess of ultra-hot, supersonic space junk.

The SpaceX Dragon capsule made its first space station trip, with astronaut supplies, in 2012.

Though China superseded Tiangong - 1 in 2016 with Tiangong - 2, space experts hailed the first space station as a major achievement for the nation, since it helped pioneer a permanent Chinese presence in orbit.

China's first space station, called Tiangong - 1 or «Heavenly Palace,» will soon break up over Earth into a fiery rain of space — and the predictions for when it's coming down are getting more exact.

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Then 2010 is our first mission to the space station, so we were able to finish development of Dragon and dock with the space station in 2010.

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

And then also at the end of 2008 is when, where NASA awarded us for the first major operational contract, which was for resupplying cargo to the space station and bringing cargo back.

Boring's first tunnel system would have «thousands of small stations the size of a single parking space» that «blend seamlessly into the fabric of a city,» Musk tweeted.

Bezos» Blue Origin is rapidly passing milestones with its BE-4 engine, SpaceX astounded millions with its Falcon Heavy launch, Virgin Galactic completed the first powered flight of its Unity rocket and Bigelow took the next step toward the world's first habitable private space station with Bigelow Space Operatspace station with Bigelow Space OperatSpace Operations.

MDA recently signed the first commercial contract to develop what's called a space infrastructure - servicing vehicle, essentially an outer space version of a mechanic and gas station rolled into one.

Aurora Station, billed as the «first luxury hotel in space,» may be for you.

The Red Planet is «a hard place to get to,» Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space and a former commander of the International Space Station, told CNBC at a press conference recespace and a former commander of the International Space Station, told CNBC at a press conference receSpace Station, told CNBC at a press conference recently.

The space business in the United Kingdom is growing fast - The country's first official astronaut has been picked for a stint on the International Space Staspace business in the United Kingdom is growing fast - The country's first official astronaut has been picked for a stint on the International Space StaSpace Station.

One of its printers produced a wrench for astronauts at the International Space Station, the first such tool to be printed — and an advancement that could open the doors for what's known as deep space travel, or longer trips from the Earth, such as Space Station, the first such tool to be printed — and an advancement that could open the doors for what's known as deep space travel, or longer trips from the Earth, such as space travel, or longer trips from the Earth, such as Mars.

SpaceX, along with Boeing (ba), also has a contract with NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the «Commercial Crew» program, with the first crucial test flight slated for the second quarter.

Tiangong - 1, otherwise known as Heavenly Place 1, was China's first prototype space station.

This is the first time since the Space Shuttle was retired that NASA will have their own ride up to the International Space Station.

Peake is set to become the first British astronaut to board the International Space Station (ISS) when he departs on a 6 - month mission in November.

Following on the massive indie success of «Gone Home,» the development team at Fullbright is focusing on another story - based first - person game in «Tacoma,» which follows one person's exploration of a space station named «Tacoma.»

In this case, SpaceX is planning to send the tourists to space in a Dragon 2 spacecraft currently under development, with its first uncrewed test flight planned for this summer, and its first flight to the International Space Station planned for late this space in a Dragon 2 spacecraft currently under development, with its first uncrewed test flight planned for this summer, and its first flight to the International Space Station planned for late this Space Station planned for late this year.

There are many remarkable aspects to SpaceX: for instance, the way it has challenged accepted rocket manufacture by making rockets for a fraction of the cost; the way it has become the first private entity — rather than a country — to successfully launch spacecraft into orbit and then return; the way it went from an idea in Musk's head to a company that resupplies the International Space Station and that hopes to soon ferry astronauts back and forth.

The mission will launch using two major parts that have been to the space station before: the first - stage booster and the capsule.

Boeing and SpaceX are also the first commercial companies NASA selected to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.

Consider for a moment SpaceX, which launched the first - ever commercial spaceflight to dock with the international space station.

SpaceX is the first private company to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, which it did for the first time in 2012.

The Falcon 9 rocket was first used in April 2016 to lift - off a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

In 2012, SpaceX became the first commercial company to dock with the International Space Station and return cargo to Earth with the Dragon.

Since then Dragon has twice delivered cargo to and from the space station, in the first of many cargo resupply missions for NASA.

Budweiser is upholding its commitment to be the first beer on Mars by confirming upcoming experiments on the International Space Station with plans to send and study barley — one of its key ingredients — into space in early DeceSpace Station with plans to send and study barley — one of its key ingredients — into space in early Decespace in early December.

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VASIMR's first test in space is tentatively set for 2016 aboard the International Space Staspace is tentatively set for 2016 aboard the International Space StaSpace Station.

It's the first time that the same rocket, a Falcon 9 that made a trip to the International Space Station last year, has been launched twice, CNN reports.

Torero, who now teaches at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, in Brisbane, Australia, first «got interested in fire after he left [his native] Peru to study engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he met researchers working on fire safety problems for the International Space Station,» Wade wrote.

Women in Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and more.

Faced with near - universal dissatisfaction, post-Apollo planners knew they had real difficulties to address before they sent astronauts to the first American space station, Skylab.

Skylab was the first U.S. space station.

It got its first cameras on the space station in exchange for providing exclusive rights to imagery of Russia to Moscow.

Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space exploraSpace Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space exploraspace exploration.

Skylab's first crew had to perform urgent repairs to the space station when a meteoroid shield ripped off during launch, but the station proved to be a success.

In a first for a commercial firm, SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, is planning to dock with the International Space Station.