Sentences with phrase «space shuttle program ended»

Just as China's naval aircraft carrier was launched soon after they criticized the U.S. for spending too much on defense, undertaking the Tiangong / Shenzhou 8 mission at about the same time as the U.S. space shuttle program ends «is a powerful political signal that China is ascendant, and the U.S. is descending,» Cheng said.

Not exact matches

After the end of the disastrous space shuttle program, it's not at all clear where the space agency is going — or if it has enough money, skills, or buy - in to get there.

The technologically compromised space shuttle program has just come to an end, with no successor.

In 2011 NASA ended the space shuttle program and announced an unpopular plan to pay Russia to transport U.S. astronauts into space.

With NASA's announcement that the 30 - year - old space shuttle program would end after the touchdown of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center this summer, the iconic agency has, for now, abandoned the concept of government - built manned spacecspace shuttle program would end after the touchdown of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center this summer, the iconic agency has, for now, abandoned the concept of government - built manned spacecSpace Center this summer, the iconic agency has, for now, abandoned the concept of government - built manned spacecraft.

More significantly, this is the beginning of the end not just for Hubble but for space shuttles — indeed for the entire American manned space program as currently configured.

NASA should consider extending space shuttle launches into 2011 rather than ending the program next fall, flying the international space station at least until 2020, and boosting spending on its flagging technology programs.

Sirangelo's dream began in 2004, when President George W. Bush announced that NASA would be phasing out the space shuttle program at the end of the decade.

When Atlantis came back to Earth last July, marking the end of the U.S. space shuttle program, many lamented the passing of NASA's big - dreams era.

Although the shuttle program ended in 2011, NASA scientist Lynne Phillips said it's important to understand hazardous contaminants as the space center transitions to what she calls «the next generation of space launch.»

Looking back at it, [that program] meant that the money that could have been used to develop the shuttle replacement and do some other research ended up going to the Russians to finish the space station, then they broke the agreement and didn't pay for what they agreed on.

The end of the space shuttle program and the transition toward relying on commercial firms for access to low - Earth orbit are reflections of a decade - old change in political priorities.

NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, in part to focus on other goals such as putting humans in deep space and on Mars.

NASA's Commercial Crew Program will deliver U.S. astronauts into low - Earth orbit, from U.S. soil, and aboard a U.S. spacecraft, for the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle era.

This allowed additional food and equipment to be sent to the station, which was needed after the end of the Space Shuttle program, the agency said.

Since the end of the Space Shuttle program, NASA astronauts and those of its international partners have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the ISS aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft — at a cost of some $ 70 million or more per seat.

Brooks, who represents Marshall Space Flight Center, contended that more money is needed to support human exploration because, since the end of the space shuttle program, America has had to «hitch a ride» with the Russians to the International Space Station (ISS) and thus lost its preeminSpace Flight Center, contended that more money is needed to support human exploration because, since the end of the space shuttle program, America has had to «hitch a ride» with the Russians to the International Space Station (ISS) and thus lost its preeminspace shuttle program, America has had to «hitch a ride» with the Russians to the International Space Station (ISS) and thus lost its preeminSpace Station (ISS) and thus lost its preeminence.

But I found myself crying not just when we get Dean's affecting and deeply personal description of the VAB, but when we meet strangers lined up along the side of the road waiting for hours to catch sight of a launch, when we meet the men and women — one man in particular, Omar Izquerido, an orbiter integrity clerk at the VAB — who have devoted their lives to the space shuttle program, and who continue to devote themselves enthusiastically to their work even as they watch its end creeping toward them.

But some Republicans, who hold a majority in the House of Representatives, want to see NASA give up climate science so it can focus on returning astronauts to space once the 30 - year - old shuttle program ends later this year.