Sentences with phrase «space station astronauts»

These changes were greater in space station astronauts because their brains were learning and adapting 24/7.

(We have a vicarious sense of this «zero - g» situation today from footage of space station astronauts, who are not outside of Earth's gravitational field, but actually in free fall as they orbit Earth.)

This headward fluid shift may be responsible for vision changes, flattening of the eyeball and swelling of some tissues in the back of the eye and engorgement of the optic nerve sheath seen in approximately one out of three International Space Station astronauts.

While SpaceX is proud of its cargo deliveries, «the company was not founded to bring T - shirts and food and water up to space, it was founded to bring people into space,» program manager Garrett Reisman, a former space station astronaut, told an industry conference late last month.

International Space Station astronaut Jeff Williams discusses his space - eye view with Nickelodeon TV stars

International Space Station astronaut Karen Nyberg made a video showing how she washed her hair — and inevitably put her microbe - laden cells in the air.

(Shown here, International Space Station astronaut Ron Garan captures one of the 16 sunrises they see each day, on Aug. 27, 2011.)

Not exact matches

The astronauts communicated over a video hookup to the International Space Station, 230 miles above the kitchen, one morning last month.

Aboard the International Space Station, an astronaut's life is typically work, exercise, rest, repeat.

Musk is CEO, majority owner, and head rocket designer at SpaceX, an aerospace start - up in El Segundo, California, that by 2011 plans to be hauling astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

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 22 - lb suit is pretty similar to the space shuttle flight suit, though it's used to protect people who fly inside Russia's Soyuz spacecraft (which NASA pays an increasingly hefty sum to use for its own astronauts» travel to and from the space station).

When Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of electric - car company Tesla, founded SpaceX back in 2002, he probably didn't envision that his company, which designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, would be responsible for delivering better coffee to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).

The space business in the United Kingdom is growing fast - The country's first official astronaut has been picked for a stint on the International Space Staspace business in the United Kingdom is growing fast - The country's first official astronaut has been picked for a stint on the International Space StaSpace Station.

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.

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.

The SpaceX Dragon capsule made its first space station trip, with astronaut supplies, in 2012.

The deal will end NASA's expensive reliance on Russia to ferry astronauts to the space station.

Orion is part of NASA's follow - up program to the now - retired space shuttles that will allow astronauts to travel beyond the International Space Station, which flies about 260 miles (420 km) above Espace shuttles that will allow astronauts to travel beyond the International Space Station, which flies about 260 miles (420 km) above ESpace Station, which flies about 260 miles (420 km) above Earth.

Later this year, a different kind of astronaut is expected to be deployed aboard the International Space Station: a floating robot head.

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.

Astronauts locked inside the International Space Station (ISS) are about to get some new robotic friends: three autonomous cubes that will float around and record their every move.

Peake is set to become the first British astronaut to board the International Space Station (ISS) when he departs on a 6 - month mission in November.

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.

There are many remarkable aspects to SpaceX: for instance, the way it has challenged accepted rocket manufacture by making rockets for a fraction of the cost; the way it has become the first private entity — rather than a country — to successfully launch spacecraft into orbit and then return; the way it went from an idea in Musk's head to a company that resupplies the International Space Station and that hopes to soon ferry astronauts back and forth.

NASA is preparing astronauts for the next manned mission to the International Space Station onboard the private CST - 100 Starliner spacecraft by Boeing.

NASA's Commercial Crew Program allows private firms SpaceX and Boeing to bring U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

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).

It's also a setback for NASA, which has been relying on the private space company to keep the International Space Station stocked with supplies and, ultimately, astronspace company to keep the International Space Station stocked with supplies and, ultimately, astronSpace Station stocked with supplies and, ultimately, astronauts.

The suit is what astronauts will wear when they travel from Earth to the International Space Station.

Leroy Chiao is a former NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander.

Boeing and SpaceX are also the first commercial companies NASA selected to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.

Then the Obama administration killed the Ares program at the same time the shuttle was being retired, and the United States turned to private companies to restore its ability to bring its astronauts to the space station — to bring any of its citizens to space.

Dragon 2, in spite of several delays, is a key part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program — in which the agency will contract private companies (SpaceX and Boeing so far) to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.

He has said that if NASA does buy rides on commercial rockets, he would be able to fly astronauts to the space station in his smaller Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule within three years.

NASA is now paying Russia to send astronauts to and from the space station on Soyuz spacecraft.

The company is also collaborating with NASA to build the Archinaut, a prototype 3D printer combined with robotic arms that will perform in outer space, outside of any space station, which will enable additive manufacturing at a low cost and without the risk of having astronauts assemble the pieces.

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.

Pope Benedict XVI spoke Saturday with the astronauts aboard the international space station, specifically mentioning Cmdr. Mark Kelly's wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is recuperating from recent surgery on her skull.

If anyone is going to know it'll be Tim Peake, the ESA astronaut who spent six months on the International Space Station.

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.

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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.

Parents, children and other relatives gather for a chance to explore interactive science exhibits, meet an astronaut and take a virtual reality trip inside the International Space Station during this weekend event open to the public beginning Saturday Feb. 17 during the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting.

On Friday, February 16 at 5:15 p.m., astronaut Ellen Ochoa, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, will discuss «The International Space Station: A Laboratory in Space.»

It's used by the astronauts in the International Space Station.

The shuttle would ferry astronauts and hardware into orbit for 30 years, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station.