Sentences with phrase «on space shuttle flights»

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Veteran astronaut Andy Thomas, a crew member on this year's inaugural flight of the reengineered space shuttle, says that stars from dry, unpolluted earthly locations look as good as or better than they do through the shuttle's glass view port.

On May 25, just 10 months after NASA's final space shuttle flight, a cargo capsule called Dragon docked with the International Space Station, a first for a commercial space vehspace shuttle flight, a cargo capsule called Dragon docked with the International Space Station, a first for a commercial space vehSpace Station, a first for a commercial space vehspace vehicle.

He has clocked more than 45 days in space on four shuttle flights, three of them focused on astronomy.

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Now a curious calm has fallen on these formidable beasts — the engines from the recently retired space shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour — as they await a new role in human space flight.

The craft was the first continuously occupied outpost in space and gave researchers the means to conduct experiments not for just a week or two, the typical length of a space - shuttle flight, but for months on end.

«Roger, uh --» radioed flight commander Rick D. Husband, 45, as he acknowledged news from Mission Control that there were wonky tire - pressure readings from sensors on the left wing of the space shuttle Columbia.

One more shuttle flight could be added to the lineup to install a long - mothballed, $ 1.5 - billion telescope called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the space station.

The mice spent time orbiting Earth on the final space shuttle flight in 2011.

This practice was continued for more than a year, through the ill - fated STS - 107 flight of the space shuttle Columbia, which broke apart during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003.

«Almostevery rocket on earth except for the space shuttle is thrown away afterone flight.

And with the flight of Apollo 17 in 1972, the U.S. put aside its plans for a permanent base on the Moon, deciding to rely instead on unmanned spacraft and the fleet of space shuttles for the future.

The engines used on initial SLS missions are flight engines remaining from the Space Shuttle Program, workhorse engines that are among the most proven in the world, having powered 135 space shuttle missions from 1981 to Space Shuttle Program, workhorse engines that are among the most proven in the world, having powered 135 space shuttle missions from 1981 tShuttle Program, workhorse engines that are among the most proven in the world, having powered 135 space shuttle missions from 1981 to space shuttle missions from 1981 tshuttle missions from 1981 to 2011.

Kelly's twin brother, retired astronaut Mike Kelly, who embarked on four space shuttle flights during his own career, will remain on Earth during the mission so that scientists can use the siblings to learn more the risks of space exploration.

His first flight was aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1999 (STS - 103) on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

Magnus flew on the space shuttle four times, including the shuttle's final flight (STS - 135).

This week includes the 57th anniversary of the first human spaceflight — Yuri Gagarin's one - orbit ride aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, and the 37th anniversary of the first U.S. space shuttle flight — STS - 1 on April 12, 1981, with John Young and Bob Crippen at the controls.

Ray Cronise, a former NASA scientist who spent 15 years overseeing experiments aboard shuttles at Marshall Space Flight Center, has been conducting experiments since 2008 to see if cold temperatures have an effect on the metabolism.

Instead of relying on capsules that would merely plummet back to Earth after their flight, the space shuttle could be piloted back, landed and re-launched.

He also managed the Flight Integration Office for the Space Shuttle Program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, and later worked on both the Shuttle - Mir, and International Space Station programs.

Elinor Smith took her first flight at age 6, became a licensed pilot at 16, was voted «Best Woman Pilot in America» over the likes of Amelia Earhart, went on to be a test pilot, and, at age 89, «flew» NASA's space - shuttle simulator.

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I worked at Kennedy Space Center for 32 years on the Space Shuttle System with experience as an inspector and technician on various aspects of the Shuttle, Flight Support Equipment and Ground Support Equipment and I am currently employed by Professional Aircraft Accessories (PAA).

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