Sentences with phrase «for spacewalking»

Unlike the Earth - orbiting Hubble, James Webb will therefore be too distant for spacewalking astronauts to service and repair.

A major application of its assistive function could be for spacewalks.

Meanwhile aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 39 crew is in the homestretch of preparations for a spacewalk to replace a failed backup computer relay box in the S0 truss.

The European Space Agency is embarking on a Man in Virtual Space project, which will investigate whether astronauts can train for spacewalks without the need for buoyancy tanks.

The Expedition 54 crew is getting ready for a spacewalk Friday morning and beginning the work to unload a newly - arrived cargo delivery.

China recently became the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to send its own astronauts out for a spacewalk.

The swimming pool, which helps provide the lack of gravity needed for astronauts to practice for spacewalks, housed a mockup of the Orion spacecraft that would carry astronauts to the asteroid.

According to American Express, with credit card users already able to redeem rewards for spacewalks and other unique experiences, the latest program simply brings rewards to the next level.

It's time for Amanda Ripley to go for a spacewalk if she plans to locate Verlaine and the Torrens.

Not exact matches

They needed a workhorse spacewalk suit for such tasks, so the space agency created the Extravehicular Mobility Unit.

Scott Kelly poses for the camera during a spacewalk on Dec. 21, 2015.

Then there are space station spacewalk repairs to train for, software systems to learn and docking procedures for the international fleet of robotic and crewed spaceships that visit the orbiting lab.

After a spacewalk to repair the shield, the mission landed safely, but continued concerns grounded missions for another year.

Artemyev checked in with spacewalk specialists on the ground for a tag up.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

The trio conducted light housekeeping work, health and science checks and minor preparations for the upcoming spacewalk.

Clad in bulky spacesuits, station commander Peggy Whitson and flight engineer Dan Tani floated outside the station for seven hours on the 100th spacewalk devoted to space station assembly and maintenance.

The manifest for the uncrewed Dragon includes almost 5,000 pounds of material including a spacewalking suit for astronauts plus related hardware and supplies for more than 150 science investigations to be conducted by the space station crews.

Small leaks are identified by the loss of mass / pressure within the system, but determining the leak's actual location is a time - consuming process for astronauts — and it can involve a spacewalk.

The spacewalk will be the 179th in support of space station assembly and maintenance, the ninth in Mastracchio's career and the fifth for Swanson.

«SpaceX Dragon heads to space; Station astronauts prep for Wednesday spacewalk.»

The spacewalk had been scheduled to test techniques for a far more difficult service call: repairing the Hubble Space Telescope during a shuttle flight in December.

and «in a simulator practicing for the first spacewalk on my mission.»

Stan Love and Steve Bowen are lowered into the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center to test spacewalk suits and tools for a mission to an asteroid.

The spacesuits used for ISS spacewalks are «unworkable» for Orion, ASAP said, and although NASA officials have indicated that they have no plans to develop new spacesuits for ARM, ASAP suggests otherwise: «design and development of new - design suits, while underway, are still preliminary and untested.»

women, one giant leap for womankind as NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson this week set a new spacewalking record for a female astronaut.

It's a new day in space aboard the International Space Station, and three Expedition 55 crew members are prepping for an upcoming spacewalk and cargo - transfer activities while also sharing the wonders of our orbiting laboratory.

NASA Television has begun coverage of today's spacewalk, as Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA prepare to work outside the International Space Station for approximately 6.5 hours.

The Expedition 55 crew is ramping up for Thursday's spacewalk and training for next week's arrival of the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship.

He conducted three spacewalks totaling almost 20 hours that included testing tools for the first Hubble Telescope repair mission, construction of the International Space Station, and the test flight of an astronaut jet pack.

Those details are minor compared to the recall of superior space films, «Gravity» for instance, has ruined all other space movies as far as suspenseful spacewalks and ship repairs are concerned.

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