Sentences with phrase «of human space exploration»

Mankind Beyond Earth The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration Claude A. Piantadosi Columbia University Press, New York, 2015 Paperback: 297 pp., illus.

Only after the Falcon Heavy is rigorously tested and SpaceX manages to deliver on its promises of cheaper space launches, a return to the moon, and a mission to Mars (or fail to, for that matter) will we be able to say for sure which rocket was the true champion of human space exploration.

As NASA continues to push the boundaries of human space exploration — it hopes to reach Mars in the 2030s — it needs to develop even more advanced suits to be worn both inside and outside of spacecraft.

Charles Bolden, a Marine fighter pilot in Vietnam, a two - time pilot and two - time mission commander of the space shuttle, and later a NASA assistant deputy administrator, had long chafed at what he saw as high - level neglect of human space exploration.

Both announcements, contained in a brief but passionate speech the president gave before an audience of lawmakers, scientists, engineers, and businessmen at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, are intended to convince Congress that NASA is not handing over the business of human space exploration entirely to the private sector.

The Apollo program fit into a sweeping vision of human space exploration — sometimes called the «von Braun paradigm» after rocket scientist Wernher von Braun — that included not just lunar expeditions but winged spaceships, orbiting space stations and piloted missions to Mars.

Despite plots based on things gone wrong, the films Europa Report and Gravity celebrate the idealism of human space exploration.

While the book won't be published until this Fall, Western University students, scientists, faculty and staff won't have to wait as they will hear from Williams directly on Friday, April 6 at 2:30 p.m. when the legendary Canadian spacewalker delivers the keynote talk, titled Missions Beyond Earth Orbit: Extending the Time Distance Constant of Human Space Exploration, at the annual Space Day @ Western event.

The research is part of NASA's continuous effort to reduce the health impacts of human space exploration.

Partnering with Virgin Galactic offered the Microsoft Edge team a unique opportunity to use web technology as a digital gateway to tell the story of the future of human space exploration through unique, exclusive and memorable experiences.

NASA continues to suffer from cost overruns on science missions, most recently the James Webb Space Telescope, and faces questions about the future of human space exploration.

Mammoth hemoglobin, for example, may reveal information about mammalian blood useful to treating human diseases, and potentially the future of human space exploration (such as surviving cold environments); but the mutations that create mammoth hemoglobin need to be brought back to life for such discoveries to happen.

Read: Curiosity, and the future of human space exploration, or check out a ton of awesome photos taken by Curiosity