Sentences with phrase «small orbiting space station»

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 station.

Not exact matches

But it also made possible the building and continuous operation of at least a small and creaky space station; the launching and in - orbit repair of hundreds of satellites, telescopes, detectors, and space probes; and the conducting of a slew of space - based experiments that contributed immensely to a range of fields.

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).

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.

The bridge mission could be anything from NASA's ambitious plan to capture an asteroid and bring it into lunar orbit where astronauts could explore it, to a small and temporary station where astronauts can learn a little more about fending for themselves while in space.

It is a little space station orbiting a small planet in a star system....