Sentences with phrase «orbit on the space station»

This science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education initiative provides numerous students across the United States the ability to propose and design real experiments to fly in low - Earth orbit on the space station.

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So far this year, the company has successfully completed four launches, including a resupply mission to the International Space Station in February, as well as placing satellites into orbit on behalf of two commercial customers.

International Space Station Commander Randy Bresnik has told Pope Francis his greatest joy working on the orbiting lab is being able to «see God's creation maybe a little bit from his perspective».

It has successfully tracked and communicated with several amateur radio satellites in orbit including the International Space Station, receiving slow - scan TV images on 18 and 20 December 2014.

People have talked about making private space stations for decades, even before on - orbit construction began on the ISS.

On September 29, the flames of a Long March - 2FT1 rocket lit the night sky over the Gobi Desert as China launched its Tiangong - 1 space lab, a first step toward the construction and deployment of an orbiting manned space station by 2020.

After the USSR collapsed, American politicians began working with Russia, hoping to take astronauts back into orbit with a space station, and eventually on to the moon and Mars.

Even though 310 miles up is technically outer space, a few air molecules still float around — not enough to make the slightest difference to astronauts on a space shuttle or the space station, which orbit considerably lower, but sufficient to slow the GRACE satellites perceptibly.

The MBC also relies on the use of NASA's Deep Space Gateway at the moon, which is likely to be a small orbiting space staSpace Gateway at the moon, which is likely to be a small orbiting space staspace station.

With the help of enthusiastic European ham radio operators, Aalborg University engineering students now have two - way communication with their home - built ESA - sponsored satellite AAUSAT5 that was sent into orbit around Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on October 5.

Aalborg University has just reported to the ESA on the launch and the first part of the mission where AAUSAT5 and a commercial satellite from GomSpace in Northern Jutland are the first ESA satellites ever sent into orbit directly from the space station.

The robot could be sent into orbit to spruce up the International Space Station, for instance, or help construct the first human habitat on Mars.

Likewise, on Mir and the International Space Station, they have largely been shielded by Earth's magnetic field (except in a small, quirky patch of orbit above Brazil known as the South Atlantic Anomaly).

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Venkat has found bugs in the spacecraft - assembly facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida; on hardware and in drinking water from the International Space Station; in circuit boards destined for an upcoming mission to Europa; and on the metal surface of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars since October 2001.

By 2014 the Dream Chaser could make its first orbital flight, and shortly thereafter it could be routinely ferrying up to seven people into low Earth orbit — on a visit to the International Space Station, for instance.

The question is no joke to NASA, which is investing $ 11.4 million to change out aging fluorescent lights in the International Space Station's U.S. On - orbit Segment.

The agency has just 56 astronauts on the payroll, down from 109 in 2007, but last November it began accepting applications to recruit a dozen or so more, touting opportunities to «support missions to the space station» and eventually embark on «missions beyond low Earth orbit.»

But it is far from clear whether government agencies will still be calling the tune come 2020: the raft of commercial space firms now vying to put their stamp on the final frontier could have a big say in how long the station is kept in orbit.

A second contracted flight for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station will be twice as nice for researchers working with investigations on the orbiting laboratory.

When an astronaut leaves Earth, his or her body is operating on a 24 - hour light / dark cycle, but the space station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, and astronauts see the sun rise and set each time.

If and when nuclear explosives are less threatening to us on the ground, there might be reasons to establish an Orion - based Deep Space Force — a small fleet of unmanned vehicles, stationed in high orbit under international control, on standby to deflect meteors or other objects that threaten Earth.

Ideas abounded: using ion engines to ferry up the components of a moon base; beaming power to robotic rovers on the Martian moon Phobos; attaching high - power Hall effect thrusters to the International Space Station (ISS) and putting it on a Mars cycler orbit; preplacing chemical rocket boosters along an interplanetary trajectory in advance so astronauts could pick them up along the way; using exploration pods like those in 2001: A Space Odyssey rather than space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space staSpace Station (ISS) and putting it on a Mars cycler orbit; preplacing chemical rocket boosters along an interplanetary trajectory in advance so astronauts could pick them up along the way; using exploration pods like those in 2001: A Space Odyssey rather than space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space sStation (ISS) and putting it on a Mars cycler orbit; preplacing chemical rocket boosters along an interplanetary trajectory in advance so astronauts could pick them up along the way; using exploration pods like those in 2001: A Space Odyssey rather than space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space staSpace Odyssey rather than space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space staspace suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space staspace stationstation.

Today, there is again a glimmer of optimism, as the International Space Station takes shape in orbit and the discovery of water on the moon by unmanned spacecraft affirms the feasibility of lunar colonization.

Also facing elimination are the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, which would observe carbon dioxide flows; a mission to the space station that would have supported tests of a spectrometer intended to measure solar reflection; and Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem, a satellite that would measure the colors of the ocean to gauge the global flow of algae and the influence of ocean aerosols on cloud formation.

In March, Scott Kelly will head to the International Space Station on a mission that will make him the first American astronaut to spend a full year in orbit.

Several companies are developing systems to take people on short suborbital trips, or into orbit to non-NASA space stations.

There are plans to increase the number of space stations on orbit — via Bigelow Aerospace's commercial space station.

Auroras on Earth are spectacular to behold, streaking and illuminating the skies with brilliant ethereal colors that are visible near the magnetic poles both to people on the ground, and also to astronauts orbiting 250 miles (400 km) above the planet aboard the International Space Station.

The three orbiting Expedition 55 crew members focused on maintenance of the International Space Station while studying Earth and biomedical sciences today.

A pair of U.S. astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut are just two days away from launching on a 50 - hour, 34 - orbit flight to the International Space Station.

Over the next two days, the trio will orbit the Earth for approximately two days before docking to the space station's Rassvet module, at 5:01 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19.

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Bruce Dern stars as the caretaker of a greenhouse located on a group of space stations that are sent into orbit.

He tests his plan on Mike Nelson, the sole human aboard an Earth - orbiting space station known as the Satellite of Love.

A psychiatrist is sent to investigate the strange goings - on at a space station orbiting a planet which seems to be a living and intelligent entity.

Its plot involves a psychologist who is sent to investigate strange going - ons and several deaths at a space station orbiting a distant planet.

This time Blomkamp has Matt Damon playing the unlikely hero in a future where the wealthy citizens of Earth reside on an orbiting space station that can cure any disease.

«The Cloverfield Paradox» follows a group of astronauts on the orbiting Cloverfield space station who are tasked with making a risky particle accelerator churn out an infinite amount of free energy, in order to save an Earth that has plunged into chaos during a global energy crisis.

Bruhl talked about research he did preparing for the film, set on a space station in earth orbit:

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth By Col. Chris Hadfield Back Bay • $ 17 • ISBN 9780316253031 Best known to many for his entertaining YouTube videos (including a haunting David Bowie cover recorded in space), the first Canadian to command the International Space Station offers an inside look at what really goes on in an orbiting spacecspace), the first Canadian to command the International Space Station offers an inside look at what really goes on in an orbiting spacecSpace Station offers an inside look at what really goes on in an orbiting spacecraft.

Chase owes his current social cachet to an ongoing tragedy much covered in the tabloids: His teenage sweetheart and fiancée, Janice Trumbull, is trapped by a layer of low - orbit mines on the International Space Station, from which she sends him rapturous and heartbreaking love letters.

Announced during the Space 2.0 Summit in San Jose, California, the hotel, dubbed Aurora Station, will host six people at a time (including two crew) on 12 - day trips in Earth orbit, starting at $ 9.5 million per person.

By early 2022, we will be hosting tourists, astronauts, space research, and manufacturing on board Aurora Station in LEO [low Earth orbit],» says CEO Frank Bunger in an introductory blog post.

Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station including 5,440 orbits around the earth.

Floating through an orbiting space station in zero gravity, swimming with the sharks in the ocean, and even manning a tank makes for a visually intriguing contrast to the been - there - done - that feeling of the repetitious and cover - centric on - foot battles.

Bethesda Softworks» «Prey» is now available for digital pre-order and pre-download via the Xbox Store on Xbox One.In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting...

Donald R. Pettit (click for a fun profile by John Schwartz), who is poised to ride the space shuttle into orbit and who spent five and a half months on the International Space Station in 2003, is one of that remarkable breed — exuding a blend of sheer brilliance, mechanical skills and a passionate appreciation for the simple beauty of this rare life - sheathedspace shuttle into orbit and who spent five and a half months on the International Space Station in 2003, is one of that remarkable breed — exuding a blend of sheer brilliance, mechanical skills and a passionate appreciation for the simple beauty of this rare life - sheathedSpace Station in 2003, is one of that remarkable breed — exuding a blend of sheer brilliance, mechanical skills and a passionate appreciation for the simple beauty of this rare life - sheathed orb.

In the 21st Century, with space stations orbiting the Earth, robots looking for life on Mars, and space probes visiting the planet Pluto, you literally have to be mentally deranged to defend an idea that rests on the planet Earth being flat.

«Without thermal controls, the temperature of the orbiting Space Station's Sun - facing side would soar to 250 degrees F (121 C), while thermometers on the dark side would plunge to minus 250 degrees F -LRB--157 C).