Sentences with phrase «space as an astronaut»

Instead of letting it be like a kid who spends years looking up at the sky dreaming of blasting off into space as an astronaut one day, not really knowing what that would entail — or if they would even like it — why not let her explore it now?

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As part of the development process, Sonnekalb's team visited Johnson Space Center to talk shop with the NASA simulator team and get a test drive on the Mars Rover prototype alongside an astronaut.

As part of the series — produced by Darren Aronofsky and narrated by superstar Will Smith — several astronauts give personal anecdotes and perspectives about the planet based on a place few humans who have actually visited outer space.

But Thirsk's career headed skyward in 1983, when the Canadian Space Agency recruited him as one of its first six astronauts.

The longest - serving astronaut in the space program, Young's career began as a Navy test flier.

Astronauts of the space - shuttle era would work regularly in space to maintain satellites as well as construct and maintain the International Space Station (space - shuttle era would work regularly in space to maintain satellites as well as construct and maintain the International Space Station (space to maintain satellites as well as construct and maintain the International Space Station (Space Station (ISS).

The six astronauts who live and work on the International Space Station will welcome 2017 at the same time as UK, reports NBC News.

One of its printers produced a wrench for astronauts at the International Space Station, the first such tool to be printed — and an advancement that could open the doors for what's known as deep space travel, or longer trips from the Earth, such as Space Station, the first such tool to be printed — and an advancement that could open the doors for what's known as deep space travel, or longer trips from the Earth, such as space travel, or longer trips from the Earth, such as Mars.

The larger Falcon 9 is designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and has been singled out by President Obama as a possible successor to the Space Shuttle program.

Slated for a first crewed mission in 2021, it is expected to serve as NASA's deep - space exploratory spacecraft for the next decade, potentially carrying astronauts to the moon, nearby asteroids and even Mars or one of its moons in the 2030s.

SpaceX, along with Boeing (ba), also has a contract with NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the «Commercial Crew» program, with the first crucial test flight slated for the second quarter.

As a NASA astronaut, Kelly made four trips to space, including spending 340 days onboard the International Space Staspace, including spending 340 days onboard the International Space StaSpace Station.

People will also be able to watch through the VR app as astronauts discuss their experiences aboard the International Space Station.

Additionally, the app's creators interviewed astronauts at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston to help make the virtual environment as close to the actual space station as possSpace Center in Houston to help make the virtual environment as close to the actual space station as possspace station as possible.

Space felt a little closer to home at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables as Miami students participated in a live question and answer downlink with two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Biosphere 2, a massive science facility tucked away in the desert foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, was built originally for controversial space exploration experiments (such as whether astronauts could survive in a closed environment for two years).

Obama has been battling some in Congress over his plans to use more private space companies, like Space X, for getting people to orbit with NASA concentrating on missions to send astronauts to new places, such as nearby asterspace companies, like Space X, for getting people to orbit with NASA concentrating on missions to send astronauts to new places, such as nearby asterSpace X, for getting people to orbit with NASA concentrating on missions to send astronauts to new places, such as nearby asteroids.

Made in Space's technology — dubbed the Additive Manufacturing Facility — is busy printing replacement parts and tools as the astronauts need them; a far better choice than launching replacement tools from Earth on future rockets, which could take more than several months to arrive.

The U.S. space program had a major setback in 1967, as a flash fire during a test killed Apollo astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffey.

For more than a decade Wickman was an engineer for Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space, where she worked on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station Programs, receiving commendations from NASA for her contributions and being designated as Lockheed's Corporate Astronaut.

Along with a letter that pointed to some online links about space camp, the astronaut program and resources to elementary students, NASA also sent Dexter some really cool pictures of the Red Planet and Mars Curiosity Rover, as well as a sticker that's a replica of the mission patch worn by the astronauts.

Space suits will largely be worn by astronauts for a long time coming, so Final Frontier Design's products will have a second life on Earth — as gear for tech - savvy, fashionable New Yorkers.

Canadian Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield is currently living in space in the International Space Station as a Flight Engispace in the International Space Station as a Flight EngiSpace Station as a Flight Engineer.

New, as of this past June, is «Beyond Spaceship Earth,» a permanent exhibit that gives a real sense of what life is like for astronauts living and working on International Space Stations.

Jasmin Moghbeli, 33, of Baldwin, was one of 12 people selected as part of NASA's newest astronaut class, the administration announced from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

This little space capsule holds your loose leaf tea while it steeps and the attached astronaut acts as the counterweight.

Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space.

The next step for human space exploration after the International Space Station is to send astronauts on a Near Earth Asteroid by 2025, as planned by space exploration after the International Space Station is to send astronauts on a Near Earth Asteroid by 2025, as planned by Space Station is to send astronauts on a Near Earth Asteroid by 2025, as planned by NASA.

Women in Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and more.

With the retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet this year, the American astronaut corps has steadily been decreasing in size as U.S. spaceflyers retired or quit their posts.

The research began a decade ago, when astronauts placed about 2000 seeds from tobacco plants and a flowering plant known as Arabidopsis thaliana on the outside of the International Space Station.

NASA's dwindling astronaut corps will not be enough to meet the demands of future space station missions if staffing levels continue as the space agency expects, according to a new report.

Carl Ade, assistant professor of exercise physiology, and collaborators partnered with the Johnson Space Center to find that astronauts» exercise capacity decreases between 30 and 50 percent in long - duration spaceflight because the heart and small blood vessels are not as effective at transporting oxygen to the working muscle.

«The National Research Council report offers helpful advice about the appropriate size of our astronaut corps as we enter this exciting new era of space exploration and crew transport operations,» said Mike Curie, a NASA spokesman at the space agency's Washington headquarters.

Space Race «The success of Project Mercury's first manned orbital flight on February 20 may have set the stage for international co-operation in the exploration of space, as well as demonstrating through the performance of the astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., that men have a useful function in space vehiSpace Race «The success of Project Mercury's first manned orbital flight on February 20 may have set the stage for international co-operation in the exploration of space, as well as demonstrating through the performance of the astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., that men have a useful function in space vehispace, as well as demonstrating through the performance of the astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., that men have a useful function in space vehispace vehicles.

Garriott, son of Skylab astronaut / scientist Owen Garriott, flew to the ISS as part of Space Adventures, Ltd., a Vienna, Va., company in which he has invested.

The United States followed in January 1958 with the 31 - pound satellite Explorer I. Even as the nascent U.S. space program focused on pint - size payloads, however, a research team at an obscure division of the General Dynamics Corporation was secretly drawing up plans for a monstrous 4,000 - ton spaceship that would be powered by the sequential explosions of thousands of hydrogen bombs and would ferry hundreds of astronauts at a time across the solar system.

(McNair died in 1986 while working as a scientist - astronaut aboard the space shuttle Challenger.)

Expertise in training of astronauts and operating robotic systems in space (as demonstrated with our work on ISS)

Once on that lowland, the bergs are carried along by the slow - flowing nitrogen ice, often ending up clumped together in large groups (such as the 60 - km - long Challenger Colles, upper right, a feature whose name honors the seven astronauts who died onboard space shuttle Challenger in 1986).

But the nascent quest to equip aquanauts to live in «inner space,» as some called the vast undersea realm, never got anything close to the billions of dollars pumped into launching the Apollo astronauts into outer space, birthing an industry and defining the global zeitgeist.

So he went looking for entrepreneurial solutions to creating underwater habitats: school bus — size seafloor shelters that give aquanauts a pressurized, climate - controlled base, just as the International Space Station gives astronauts a hospitable home in orbit.

By 2024, NASA experts expect to have enough infrastructure to support a permanent human presence with four astronauts rotating every six months, the same length of a stay as on the International Space Station.

That bacterial biofilms exhibit different behavior in space versus on Earth is critical information as NASA strives to keep astronauts healthy and safe during future long - duration space missions.

The ability to identify microbes in space could aid in the ability to diagnose and treat astronaut ailments in real time, as well as assisting in the identification of DNA - based life on other planets.

The wood - paneled walls around Koblick's office are filled with memorabilia that attest to his years as an undersea pioneer and a genuine player in a decades - long quest to turn ordinary divers into «aquanauts,» the name applied to those equipped to live on the seabed, much as crews launched into space get to be called astronauts.

As the world bore witness, a redesigned Apollo spacecraft, tested in space with a crew only once before, carried three astronauts to orbit the moon

The data provide critical information on the radiation hazards that will be faced by astronauts on extended missions to deep space such as those to Mars.

And as astronauts begin to spend much more time in space, their survival may depend on how well we can predict the sun's violent episodes.

«Biofilms were rampant on the Mir space station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rspace station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rSpace Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.»