Sentences with phrase «space flight remains»

«Whether we're that mature in our approach to space flight remains to be seen,» he says.

Not exact matches

«About a third of the gamma - ray objects seen by Fermi remained unknown in the most recent catalog, and this result represents an important advance in understanding their natures,» said David Thompson, a Fermi deputy project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

«The interesting thing is what happens next, how the remaining ice shelf responds,» said Kelly Brunt, a glaciologist with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the University of Maryland in College Park.

For now, astronauts like Foreman and Metcalf - Lindenburger remain confident that their daredevil flights and six - hour swims will lead to inspiring space adventures — that NASA's drift is a temporary lull.

With the completion of this latest safety - testing milestone of key systems, Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president of Space Systems at Sierra Nevada, says that this stage of the Dream Chaser program, before NASA announces a winner, is «90 to 95 percent complete,» with at least one more landing flight test and tests of the thrusters remaining.

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 to space shuttle missions from 1981 to 2011.

While flight controllers at ESA's European Space Operations in Darmstadt, Germany had hoped to deploy all three booms by May 12, the unfurling of the remaining antennas will not resume until engineers fully understand the current anomaly, as well as its implications to future boom deployment.

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.

Mikulski wanted assurances that the James Webb Space Telescope, being built at Goddard Space Flight Center in her state, remains on cost and schedule.

This part of the world, particularly in summer, has huge thermals and cross-country flights are very popular, provided you remain within the ceiling of 720 metres above take - off as this is the controlled air space of Oliver Thambo.

Her bottom half remains rigid as she extends her arm backward into space, giving her the appearance of swimming, falling from flight, or reacting to a physical stimuli the viewer can not see.

The Obama administration remains committed to manned space flights, but it canceled the projected $ 108 billion return - to - moon plan, called Constellation, a move that's roiling some in Congress.