Sentences with phrase «long space missions»

Because of their small size and energy - efficiency, LED lights are being considered by NASA as a possible method for growing food onboard for long space missions, but they're also available to the home gardener.

He is a prodigious researcher... (whose) work has significant implications for the viability of long space missions.»

Genetically modified bacteria are scheduled to launch on a satellite in 2017 to test whether we can use them to make food for long space missions

The OMEGA bags are semipermeable membranes that NASA developed to recycle astronauts» wastewater on long space missions.

Until recently his days were spent at NASA; his assignment was to develop bacteria that could degrade plastic on long space missions.

As well as affecting the performance and nutritional content of space seeds, this could damage the flavour of plants produced in space, which might become a problem for crews reliant on plant - based diets during long space missions.

Not exact matches

It was his fourth and longest mission in space, and he was able to share the experience with the public using the internet.

The data comes from the space agency's long - running Kepler exoplanet - hunting mission.

SpaceX's mission statement highlights both its short - term goals (developing the technologies needed to explore space) and long - term aspirations (enabling people to live on other planets, like Mars).

Once in place, vehicles tethered to the massive cable could haul payloads into space — resupplying orbital and long distance missions with fuel, water, food, oxygen and other critical supplies.

Months - long testing of the system began in November at the energy department's Nevada National Security Site, with an eye toward providing energy for future human and robotic missions in space and on the surface of Mars, the moon or other solar system destinations.

Emerging commercial deep space companies, therefore, find themselves saddled with unsustainable communications costs, or worse — with no real plans for how they will communicate with their spacecraft during high - stakes long - distance missions.

There is also the development of housing being built for astronauts on longer missions out in the depths of space.

i long with you david... and i myself stumble in my own awkward efforts toward freedom, and as you said, we know the fact is that it is scary to move into freedom... because it is unknown... but i see so many on this newfound road to freedom get trapped in the liminal space of wish - fullfillment community (which actually rather looks like affinity rather than the hard - won community that comes from communitas)... i'm sure this is going to come off the wrong way, but i'm going to say it anyway: many of the comments seem to be «all about me», and truly that is what religion is... but not freedom, not the mission of Jesus where you die to yourself by taking up your cross daily... not being centered on the «other» rather than yourself...

Aerospace engineer Chris Lewicki wants to use the materials in near - Earth asteroids to one day facilitate long - haul space missions

The Gemini mission also clearly illustrated something prison administrators and ship captains have known for a long time: People confined to small spaces for extended periods focus with near - obsession on the quality, quantity and variety of food.

Imagine working a long time on a thesis that depends on the results of a space mission, and that mission fails.

«For a long time, comet missions did not have pizzazz,» says Benton Clark, chief scientist for space exploration systems at Lockheed Martin, near Denver.

The space shuttle launch observed in 1990 by P.A. Nisbet was part of a long - awaited mission: the astronauts were bringing the Hubble Space Telescope to its home in thespace shuttle launch observed in 1990 by P.A. Nisbet was part of a long - awaited mission: the astronauts were bringing the Hubble Space Telescope to its home in theSpace Telescope to its home in the sky.

One of NASA's goals is to minimize the health risks associated with extended spaceflight, so it is critical that methods for preventing and treating spaceflight - induced illnesses be developed before astronauts embark upon long - duration space missions.

That bacterial biofilms exhibit different behavior in space versus on Earth is critical information as NASA strives to keep astronauts healthy and safe during future long - duration space missions.

«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.»

Plants will play a critical role in the survival of human beings on long - duration space missions, such as a mission to Mars.

Johns Hopkins scientists report that rats exposed to high - energy particles, simulating conditions astronauts would face on a long - term deep space mission, show lapses in attention and slower reaction times, even when the radiation exposure is in extremely low dose ranges.

Both motherships are in stable orbits, Manchester says — offering enough time for mission controllers to attempt various fixes — and Sprites have previously withstood long - term exposure to space.

As the Hubble Space Telescope's decades - long mission winds down, astronomers are worried about the future of optical and ultraviolet astronomy from sSpace Telescope's decades - long mission winds down, astronomers are worried about the future of optical and ultraviolet astronomy from spacespace.

As the CEO and chief asteroid miner of Planetary Resources, Inc. in Redmond, Washington, the 42 - year - old aerospace engineer is looking to identify how the materials in near - Earth asteroids — namely metals and water — can be used to one day facilitate long - haul space missions and travel, and even save the Earth's resources from being overused.

The directorate is actively pursuing solutions to high - priority challenges facing deep space missions, such as improving current life support systems for long - duration space travel and advancing energy storage solutions for longer - term power.

As well as threatening the health of astronauts, this could jeopardise long - haul missions into space.

The driving element of MELiSSA is the recovery of food, water and oxygen from waste, carbon dioxide and breath condensate through the development of technology for long - term manned space missions.

The aerospace company Lockheed Martin late Thursday (Sept. 28) revealed new details for its Mars Base Camp plan, an architecture aimed at building a crewed space station in orbit around the Red Planet that would support long - term exploration at Mars by astronautson 1,000 - day missions.

Space explorers will need to recycle as much breathable oxygen in their spacecraft environments as possible during long - duration missions.

Cucinotta said the findings show a tremendous need for additional studies focused on cosmic ray exposures to tissues that dominate human cancer risks, and that these should begin prior to long - term space missions outside the Earth's geomagnetic sphere.

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.

These roomier dimensions can house between two and six crew members for missions of 21 days — longer than any previous vehicle except space stations.

The timetable for NASA's longer - term projects is more handwavy — the Obama administration talks vaguely about missions to an asteroid around 2025 and Mars around 2030 — but the agency is working on a well - defined program, called the Space Launch System, to develop powerful rockets for interplanetary travel, whatever the destination.

Most of this year's space activity seems targeted toward a goal China has long hinted at, if not officially stated: a human mission to the moon.

``... NASA and NSF had to cancel their Antarctic - launched long - duration space science research missions for the year because NSF can not reopen facilities in time to get research balloons off on schedule.

While working on a system to grow edible mushrooms from human waste for long - duration space missions, he recalls that «it occurred to me that not all astronauts will want to be vegetarians» (to say nothing of eating those mushrooms).

The Chinese space agency launched a new space lab, sent up its longest crewed mission ever and tested out powerful new rockets

These experiments will help biologists understand how plants respond to microgravity, which will improve efforts aimed at growing food in space — a crucial component of long - duration missions to Mars or elsewhere in the solar system.

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.

But it may actually be more critical to gain experience with long - duration space missions far from Earth, which human missions to Mars would require, he said.

Britain has a long - standing policy of avoiding any programs of the European Space Agency that involve human spaceflight, focusing its efforts on robotic science missions, earth observation, and the commercial exploitation of sSpace Agency that involve human spaceflight, focusing its efforts on robotic science missions, earth observation, and the commercial exploitation of spacespace.

The NASA budget announced in February mows down a scarily long list of science missions, from a Europa orbiter to a space - based gravitational - wave observatory.

As appealing as these ideas may sound, readers should reserve judgment: The next generation of ground - based observatories and space missions, described in the final chapters, may provide more clues about whether the universe is a one - hit wonder or a long - running show.

Scientists also will compare medical data from Scott and Mark, «to gain insight into how the human body responds to longer durations in space,» information that could prove useful for planning a future mission to Mars, the White House suggests.

After a decade - long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India — making it the first - ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.

The $ 100 million is only enough for research, not to fund the full mission, which Milner says will be a decades - long, multibillion dollar project on the scale of the world's biggest scientific experiments, like the James Webb Space Telescope or the Large Hadron Collider.

In a discovery with implications for long - term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that mice flown aboard the space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth with early signs of liver disease.