Sentences with phrase «international space missions»

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Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, started by the Tesla founder Elon Musk, is already a contractor for NASA, running supply missions to the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on a supply mission to the International Space Station from historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 19, 2017.

So far this year, the company has successfully completed four launches, including a resupply mission to the International Space Station in February, as well as placing satellites into orbit on behalf of two commercial customers.

The company has produced a stellar sedan — Consumer Reports scored it higher than any other car it has ever tested — and Musk's achievements justify accolades: He co-founded PayPal and has made billions; SpaceX has made multiple missions to the International Space Station.

On Apr. 2, SpaceX launched its 14th commercial cargo mission 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.

Oculus said that the new Mission: ISS app was based on 3 - D models of the International Space Station.

Still, while other companies like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin are planning much of their business around space flights for the super wealthy, SpaceX's model is primarily to serve as a vehicle for scientific missions, satellite launches, and trips to the International Space Staspace flights for the super wealthy, SpaceX's model is primarily to serve as a vehicle for scientific missions, satellite launches, and trips to the International Space StaSpace Station.

Musk has also said the cost would be comparable or a little higher than the cost of a crewed mission to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket.

SpaceX is set to launch Monday afternoon from Florida in its latest mission for NASA to send supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.

NASA is preparing astronauts for the next manned mission to the International Space Station onboard the private CST - 100 Starliner spacecraft by Boeing.

SpaceX is hoping to get back its rocket after the launch of a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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

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According to SpaceX, the two people are anonymous private citizens who have already «paid a significant deposit» on the trip that he said would cost a bit more than a crewed mission to the International Space Station would.

«It also provides guidance on the use of existing NASA facilities and other resources to train for future missions, and supports the role and definition of the astronaut corps in connection with the full utilization of the International Space Station.»

During Atlantis's 12 - day mission the crew will deliver the Italian Space Agency's reusable Raffaello Multipurpose Logistics Module loaded with around 3,500 kilograms of science experiments, supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station.

But NASA still needs astronauts to fly missions to the International Space Station (ISS), which is slated to run through 2020.

Other science outlays included $ 46 million over 4 years to create 1500 industrial internships for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows within Canadian business, $ 49 million toward the transformation of the National Research Council into what officials call a «toolbox» for industry, and a commitment to extend Canadian participation in the International Space Station mission to 2024.

In the past, space exploration programs have adopted two main strategies in supplying mission crews with resources: a carry - along approach, where all vehicles and resources travel with the crew at all times — as on the Apollo missions to the moon — and a «resupply strategy,» in which resources are replenished regularly, such as by spaceflights to the International Space Staspace exploration programs have adopted two main strategies in supplying mission crews with resources: a carry - along approach, where all vehicles and resources travel with the crew at all times — as on the Apollo missions to the moon — and a «resupply strategy,» in which resources are replenished regularly, such as by spaceflights to the International Space StaSpace Station.

That event will feature NASA officials and crew members aboard the International Space Station as they observe the rover anniversary and discuss how its activities and other robotic projects are helping prepare for a human mission to Mars and an asteroid.

«Biofilms were rampant on the Mir space station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rspace station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rSpace Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.»

Previous research has tested how well radiation - exposed rats do with basic learning tasks and mazes, but this new Johns Hopkins study focused on tests that closely mimic the self - tests of fitness for duty currently used by astronauts on the International Space Station prior to mission - critical events such as space wSpace Station prior to mission - critical events such as space wspace walks.

In 2011 during its penultimate mission the Space Shuttle Endeavour delivered three to the International Space Station (ISS), where they were mounted outside for three years as part of a materials - science experiment.

«Webb is the highest priority project for the agency's science mission directorate, and the largest international space science project in U.S. history,» said acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, who is retiring from the agency next month.

During the mission, the orbiter performed a back - flip beneath the International Space Station to allow inspection of its underside heat shield.

Farquhar was the first to employ halo orbits for a space mission, designing them into the trajectories for the International Sun Earth Explorer - 3, launched in 1978.

Astronauts on future missions may nibble on lettuce and grow their own antibiotics, depending on the results of research that student scientists plan to conduct on the International Space Station.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's visionary plan slates an independent manned space mission and establishment of an international lunar base by 2025.

RUSSIA Russia's space agency has sent regular manned Soyuz missions to the International Space Station and launched RadioAstron, a space telescope with 10,000 times Hubble's resoluspace agency has sent regular manned Soyuz missions to the International Space Station and launched RadioAstron, a space telescope with 10,000 times Hubble's resoluSpace Station and launched RadioAstron, a space telescope with 10,000 times Hubble's resoluspace telescope with 10,000 times Hubble's resolution.

The Deep Space Network, managed by JPL, is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe.

Reliable space - to - ground communication is critical to all missions — when astronauts venture outside the International Space Station to install new equipment and perform important maintenance, as well as for any other on - orbit nspace - to - ground communication is critical to all missions — when astronauts venture outside the International Space Station to install new equipment and perform important maintenance, as well as for any other on - orbit nSpace Station to install new equipment and perform important maintenance, as well as for any other on - orbit needs.

Lubin and colleagues David Tytler and Carl Melis of UC San Diego's Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences arrived at their estimate of a grand minimum's intensity by reviewing nearly 20 years of data gathered by the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite mission.

Venkat has found bugs in the spacecraft - assembly facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida; on hardware and in drinking water from the International Space Station; in circuit boards destined for an upcoming mission to Europa; and on the metal surface of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars since October 2001.

Both Kelly and Kornienko have spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station, preparing humanity for long duration missions and exploration into deep sSpace Station, preparing humanity for long duration missions and exploration into deep spacespace.

The private spaceflight firm SpaceX launched its sixth cargo mission to the International Space Station, but failed a test of a reusable rocket

The instrument, which launches to the International Space Station in December 2014, will explore new technologies that could also be used in future satellite missions.

The German Aerospace Center, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Italian Space Agency and Italian National Astrophysical Institute are international partners on the mission team.

Orbital Sciences Cygnus commercial cargo craft completed a month - long delivery mission to the International Space Station Friday when it was released from the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 6:40 a.m. EDT.

For many people, the shuttle's recent missions, which were focused mainly on assembly of the International Space Station (ISS), had become routine.

We would be a crew that wouldn't receive much day - to - day input from «Earth - based» mission - support, a setup very different from that experienced by astronauts on the International Space Station or those who went to the moon.

A year later the Soviet Union ordered 100 pens and 1,000 ink cartridges to use on their Soyuz space missions, the United Press International said.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council, which sets research priorities and disburses government monies, said that cost overruns have forced it to withdraw support from experiments, including the International Linear Collider (a proposed follow - up to the Large Hadron Collider) and a number of ground - based telescopes, as well as trim its investments in planned space missions such as the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early univespace missions such as the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early univeSpace Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early universe).

One of the major goals of the ongoing space shuttle mission — Endeavour's final visit to the International Space Station — was to bestow a 7.8 - ton parting gift: an automated particle detector called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS - 02, or, more colloquially, AMS), which was attached to the station yestespace shuttle mission — Endeavour's final visit to the International Space Station — was to bestow a 7.8 - ton parting gift: an automated particle detector called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS - 02, or, more colloquially, AMS), which was attached to the station yesteSpace Station — was to bestow a 7.8 - ton parting gift: an automated particle detector called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS - 02, or, more colloquially, AMS), which was attached to the station yesterday.

The shuttle is now busy building the international space station, however, and it may be tough to reserve one to reclaim a defunct satellite as well as find the $ 50 million needed for such a mission.

Both SpaceX and aerospace company Boeing could launch crewed missions to the International Space Station before 2018 is out.

For more information on Orbital's mission to the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/orbital

While NASA's Johnson Space Center manages monitored debris threats for spacecraft related to U.S. manned missions such as the International Space Station, the responsibility for unmanned missions managed by NASA falls to the Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis, or CARA, team operating out of NASA Goddard.

A once - favoured space probe to study dark energy is struggling to get off the ground, as three agencies in the United States and Europe tussle over the details of a potential international mission.

NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen transmission of scientific data.