Sentences with phrase «in a microgravity environment»

Understanding the behavior of bacteria in space is important for protecting astronauts on long spaceflights, and previous research has shown that bacteria behave differently in the microgravity environment of space.

And while socializing on Mars might be in the near - distant future, Budweiser is taking steps now to better understand how its ingredients react in microgravity environments so that when we get to Mars, Budweiser will be there.

Dean Cheng of the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. «And the main purpose of this is two things: one, to practice docking maneuvers, and two, to allow Chinese astronauts to have a little more extended time in a microgravity environment.»

But the team is wary of upsetting the lander, which came to rest in a precarious position on its side in November after bouncing around the comet in its microgravity environment.

«Disuse osteopenia is the same disease that astronauts get when they're in microgravity environments for long periods of time,» Caird said.

But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears?

«Velardo hopes to try out the Kinect - based system for weighing crew in a microgravity environment»

Very little was known about the physiological effects of spaceflight back in those days, with some scientists postulating that astronauts» cardiovascular systems would fail in the microgravity environment, causing near - instant death.

The APEX - 06 experiment investigates the growth of the common grass species Brachypodium distachyon in the microgravity environment of space.

The long stay for Kelly and Kornienko should provide valuable information on the effects of long - term living in a microgravity environment — considered important for planning future deep - space missions to asteroids and Mars.

(Invited) Photoelectrocatalysis: Solar - Assisted Hydrogen Production in Microgravity Environments.

The company's work has caught NASA's eye, and it has been selected for a Phase II STTR award to explore the production of biopolymers in a microgravity environment:

Astronaut sleeping areas require good ventilation; in the microgravity environment exhaled carbon dioxide can pool around the sleeping astronaut's head if it is not pushed away by fresh air.

«In space, it's an extreme example of neuroplasticity in the brain because you're in a microgravity environment 24 hours a day,» Seidler said.

The walls and the ceilings were just as utilizable as the floors, and the students had to pay careful consideration to providing ways for astronauts to orient themselves in a microgravity environment.