Sentences with phrase «made by the astronaut»

Here, the objects shift between artwork made by Keogh, props used by the performer and ambiguous technologies made by the astronaut in a vain effort to patch up the malfunctioning ship.

N.B. Station 10 on the edge of Hadley Rille lunar canyon was the last stop (for photography only) made by the astronauts before returning to the lunar module.

Not exact matches

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.

Then again, poor ol' astronaut Watney (played by Damon) didn't have an actual oven, so he couldn't make baked potatoes... okay, maybe I'm a bit more sympathetic now.

Instead of constructing and testing such a giant observatory on the ground, Dressler speculates, it might make more sense to launch HDST in modular pieces to be assembled in space by astronauts or robots.

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson.

JPL research scientist James Williams made the new studies using an old tool: a set of silica reflectors left on the surface of the moon by Apollo astronauts more than 30 years ago.

By 1965, Gemini astronauts were subjected to Tang, which has the limited advantage of making water taste less like water.

Small Steps Make a Giant Leap The Augustine commission's report ignited a mighty political fight, culminating in the decision to delegate much of the task of launching astronauts into orbit to private companies [see «Jump - Starting the Orbital Economy,» by David H. Freedman; Scientific American, December 2010].

Plucked from space by ISS astronauts using the station's multi-jointed robot arm, the uncrewed Dragon cargo capsule, made by SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, had already passed its pre-docking manoeuvring tests to show it can safely approach the ISS.

Shannon said the space vehicles designed by NASA's Constellation Program to replace the space shuttle and ferry astronauts to the moon were «well thought out», but that the agency does not have enough money to make them a reality.

After its 1990 launch, the Hubble Space Telescope had a rough early going, which required a visit by astronauts to fit it with corrective mirrors to make it see clearly.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden released this statement: «Leonard Nimoy was an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, scientists, astronauts, and other space explorers... As Mr. Spock, he made science and technology important to the story, while never failing to show, by example, that it is the people around us who matter most.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin may have made it to the moon, but his journey upon returning to Earth was, by his own account, an even greater challenge.

ASAP's complaint comes just two days after NASA held a press conference with its commercial crew partners, Boeing and SpaceX, to herald the progress they are making to provide services to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2017.

«God Particle,» directed by Nigerian - American filmmaker Julius Onah with a screenplay by Oren Uziel and Doug Jung, is set in the near future and tells the story of a team of astronauts on a space station who make a terrifying discovery involving a new energy source — the «God Particle» — and their desperate fight for survival.

It's a thrilling premise, and it made for an exciting book, but a new clip promoting The Martian undercuts most of the drama by revealing that all astronauts — or at least all of the astronauts involved in this mission — are secretly goofballs.

But the inclusion of three films — Alfonso Cuarón's «Gravity,» which stars Sandra Bullock opposite George Clooney as astronauts detached from their space shuttle by a mission disaster, «All Is Lost,» director J.C. Chandor's account of an unaccompanied sailor (Robert Redford) stuck in a sinking boat, and «Tracks» featuring Mia Wasikowska as a young explorer on a 1,700 - mile trek — suggests this year's festival will make some moviegoers appreciate the roofs over their heads just a bit more.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 2, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Apollo 18 (Unrated) Found - footage horror flick, set in 1974, shedding light on a government cover - up of a NASA space mission on which the crew of astronauts were attacked by parasitic life forms they discovered on the moon.

The new movie, which is to be directed by Julius Onah, and produced by J.J. Abrams, will follow a team of astronauts who make a terrifying discovery.

Stepping away from VR was a challenge, but just two of the new games worth watching out for in reality were Dreams by Media Molecule, an incredible game / creative tool that allows players to make environments, characters and animations, play with them and share online and Astroneer by System Era, a beautiful planet exploration game with you as an astronaut armed with the ability to instantly terraform the landscape around them.

Most galas make time for remarks from artists and auctioneers, but maybe only one seems a sensible setting for a mic drop by an astronaut.

Fontana famously sought the fourth dimension by piercing his canvases, in spiritual union with the astronauts who were making bold new steps into space.

Their unrecognizability makes it sublime, and the camera extends the fiction by offering us a rare glimpse into the alter - reality of astronaut training.

In conceiving the quilt works that make up Codex, Biggers was inspired by the Afrofuturist notion of «Harriet Tubman as astronaut,» the renowned abolitionist who led slaves to their freedom guided by the stars.

RE: Rebuttal to 2nd Error: -RCB- The over-whelming «consensus» of the experts agree that man - made CO2 is causing global - warming... — Al Gore «Inconvenient Truth» -LCB-: The standard line is that 97 % of climate experts agree on w this premise [alluded to by this rebuttal to the 49 ex-NASA astronauts» & scientists» letter of complaint to NASA].