Sentences with phrase «space crew capsules»

The trouble was, NASA's budget didn't include enough funding to build the new heavy - lift rockets and deep - space crew capsules in time to meet that deadline.

Its stated purpose is to test and develop new technologies for spaceflight, such as NASA's Space Launch System heavy - lift rocket, its Orion deep - space crew capsule and an advanced solar - electric propulsion engine suitable for long - haul cargo trips.

The workshop group's plan hinges partially upon the availability of NASA's heavy - lifting rocket, the Space Launch System, and the space agency's deep space crew capsule, the Orion spacecraft.

Not exact matches

Jeff Bezos releases first photos revealing the sleek interiors of the New Shepard crew capsule bound for space.

Today debris threatens hundreds of spacecraft and satellites; in fact, last June a space - station crew scrambled into a Soyuz escape capsule because of passing trash.

Boeing is working on a crew capsule of its own, called the CST - 100, with a view to winning space taxi business not only from NASA but from Las Vegas company Bigelow Aerospace too.

The crew capsule will require some upgrades for the deep - space flight, but Musk said those would be limited mainly to a communications system built for much longer distances, rather than the relatively short trips to the space station.

At the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, check out a real Apollo - era Saturn V test rocket — a behemoth longer than the Statue of Liberty is tall — plus crew capsules, space suits, parachutes, and a moon Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, check out a real Apollo - era Saturn V test rocket — a behemoth longer than the Statue of Liberty is tall — plus crew capsules, space suits, parachutes, and a moon space suits, parachutes, and a moon rock.

NASA is fighting to rebuild its credibility with fiberglass and Velcro — the materials holding together a mock - up of the agency's upcoming manned space capsule, the Crew Exploration Vehicle.

President Obama has proposed that the Orion capsule, which would have carried crews to the International Space Station and to the moon, should stay on as the space station's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz capSpace Station and to the moon, should stay on as the space station's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz capspace station's lifeboat, replacing Russia's aging Soyuz capsule.

Topping the list of issues is the agency's ability to fly the space shuttle safely while developing its replacement, the Ares I rocket and Orion crew capsule, slated to be ready to fly by 2015.

The plan is to purchase a rocket and a crew capsule from one or more of the other private space enterprises that have sprung up in recent years, such as SpaceX or Blue Origin.

Obama also softened his proposal to eliminate Constellation entirely, saying that he had directed NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to begin work on an escape craft for the International Space Station that would be based on Constellation's Orion crew capsule.

To do this, the programme includes a design for the Orion crew capsule with up to six seats, the Altair lunar lander, and a new booster system called Ares, which uses components from both the Apollo - era Saturn rocket and the space shuttle.

A slightly different version of the Soyuz rocket is used to carry Soyuz crew capsules to the space station.

SpaceX has been flying cargo capsules to the International Space Station since 2014 and has pioneered the use of reusable rockets and capsules, but has yet to launch a crewed mission.

Musk's company's robotic Dragon cargo capsule has already flown supplies to the International Space Station, and SpaceX has been selected by NASA to build a crew vehicle that will take people to the orbiting laboratory.

These so - called Red Dragon missions would adapt the same crewed capsule that SpaceX is developing to help NASA send astronauts to the International Space Station, and place it on top of a Falcon Heavy rocket — whose maiden test flight is scheduled for 2017.

Late yesterday the agency announced that its proposed Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), which is intended to take humans to asteroids and eventually to Mars, will be virtually identical in design to Orion, a space capsule that was being developed under the Bush Administration's Constellation program.

A Russian Soyuz capsule slipped into a berthing port on the International Space Station on Friday to deliver a new flight engineer for the live - aboard crew and two guests who will spend a week aboard the orbital outpost.

Boeing has selected a new subcontractor to develop eight parts for the CST - 100 space capsule as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which outsources to private companies to return American astronauts into space after the retirement of the Space Shuspace capsule as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which outsources to private companies to return American astronauts into space after the retirement of the Space Shuspace after the retirement of the Space ShuSpace Shuttle.

Orion will use an advanced crew capsule design utilizing state of the art technology and is a key element of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration and will succeed the Space Shuttle in transporting a new generation of human explorers to and from the International Space Station, the Moon and eventually to Mars and beyond.

As for NASA's plans, delivering astronauts to Mars by the 2030s continues to be its long - term goal, and Congress will fund the completion of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule for that mission.

Just this morning, the three crew members of ISS Expedition 39 returned to Earth via a Soyuz capsule after spending 188 days in space.

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Both the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationSpace and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationSpace Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationspace capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization act.

On June 19, Blue Origin launched their reusable New Shepherd rocket and crew capsule into suborbital space over western -LSB-...]

Artist's concept shows Jupiter spacecraft and Exoliner cargo carrier with NASA's Orion crew capsule in a Lockheed Martin dual use conceptual proposal for commercial missions to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) and deep space exploration missions to the Moon and Space Station (ISS) and deep space exploration missions to the Moon and space exploration missions to the Moon and Mars.

The rocket would carry crews in the agency's Orion space capsule, which has made one uncrewed test flight.

When an Engyne - backed mission in space goes horribly wrong and the last surviving crew member perishes in an explosion, the super-secret samples of experimental serum she was carrying in apparently indestructible capsules plummet to Earth and land in three different spots in the United States.