Sentences with phrase «on space shuttle mission»

In 1990, she helped to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope on the space shuttle mission that was piloted by Charles Bolden, now NASA's administrator.

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Though plagued by cost overruns, and a ghastly blunder in manufacturing the main mirror that had to be corrected by a Space Shuttle mission in December 1993 (which, essentially, put corrective eyeglasses on the telescope), the....

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That artwork, which Garriott brought home 12 days later, along with six more pieces he created on board the ISS, was on display recently on Manhattan's Lower East Side as part of an exhibit called Celestial Matters, organized to benefit a group of learning centers created in memory of space shuttle Challenger's tragic final mission.

In 2010 and 2011, during the STS - 132 and STS - 135 missions aboard space shuttle Atlantis, astronauts in space and scientists on Earth performed nearly simultaneous parallel experiments; both teams cultured samples of P. aeruginosa bacteria using conditions that encouraged biofilm formation.

The crew, headed by the first female shuttle commander, Eileen M. Collins, accomplished their mission of launching the largest payload ever carried aloft by a shuttle and made a flawless night landing at Kennedy Space Center on July 27.

On his first mission to the ISS in 2007, he flew on the space shuttlOn his first mission to the ISS in 2007, he flew on the space shuttlon the space shuttle.

Just as China's naval aircraft carrier was launched soon after they criticized the U.S. for spending too much on defense, undertaking the Tiangong / Shenzhou 8 mission at about the same time as the U.S. space shuttle program ends «is a powerful political signal that China is ascendant, and the U.S. is descending,» Cheng said.

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

«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.

After being grounded for two - and - a-half years following the destruction of Columbia, space shuttle Discovery returned to the skies in July 2005 on a mission to the ISS.

By then the 2003 destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, coupled with cost overruns in several of NASA's big science missions, put tremendous strains on the agency's funding.

Nearly three months after 9/11, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off on its STS - 108 mission to the International Space Staspace shuttle Endeavour lifted off on its STS - 108 mission to the International Space StaSpace Station.

«Only after a particular camera on the Hubble Space Telescope had been repaired on the last servicing mission by the Space Shuttle did we gain the sensitivity to really search for these plumes.»

At the start of the workday on the space shuttle, mission control in Houston broadcasts wake - up music, usually selected with a particular astronaut in mind.

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.

As the Shuttle - Mir program draws to a close, a veteran NASA astronaut reflects on her mission on board the Russian spacecraft and the implications for the International Space Station

Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman to go into space and has logged nearly 1000 hours in orbit on four space shuttle missions.

Nelson, as a member of Congress, in 1986 flew on a Space Shuttle Columbia mission; he also has a home on what's known as the state's Space Coast.

But the last of a dozen men walked on the Moon in December 1972 after President Richard Nixon cancelled further Apollo missions in order to build the space shuttle.

Shuttle mission STS - 34 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39 - B on Oct. 18, 1989.

The U.S. continued to launch animals for scientific experiments but increasingly concentrated on smaller creatures such as mice and insects, which are easier to care for and take up much less space (although two squirrel monkeys did ride on the space shuttle Challenger's STS -51-B mission in April - May 1985.)

It would be the 16th mission by an orbiter which went on to become the most - flown member of NASA's shuttle fleet, but STS - 56 came after several fraught days at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.

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.

Crippen flew on four space shuttle missions, including the very first one in 1981.

Nearly two years after it launched, the US Air Force's reusable, unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle ended its classified mission on Sunday, becoming the first spacecraft in nearly six years to touch down at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing...

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A poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming sci - fi adventure The Space Between Us, which is directed by Peter Chelsom and stars Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino and Britt Robertson; check them out here... In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one -LSBSpace Between Us, which is directed by Peter Chelsom and stars Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino and Britt Robertson; check them out here... In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one -LSBspace shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one -LSB-...]

«Gravity «Synopsis: A pair of astronauts on a routine mission are stranded in space after their space shuttle is destroyed.

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.

She will serve as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Endeavour mission scheduled to launch August 7.

The Council of Chief State School Officers, the group chosen to coordinate the selection of the teacher who will fly on a space - shuttle mission early next year, has named the 114 candidates who will be considered for the journey.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's «teacher in space» project was announced last year after President Reagan said that a teacher would be the first private citizen to fly on a space - shuttle misSpace Administration's «teacher in space» project was announced last year after President Reagan said that a teacher would be the first private citizen to fly on a space - shuttle misspace» project was announced last year after President Reagan said that a teacher would be the first private citizen to fly on a space - shuttle misspace - shuttle mission.

She served on a 13 - day mission onboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 2007.

Wired's review gives the Kindle 3 a 9 out of 10, saying that «the denser e-ink on the new Kindle is going to make a lot of previous Kindle owners jealous,» and that «Battery life is long enough for space shuttle missions».

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