Sentences with phrase «spacecraft designed for»

The other company of Galactic Ventures besides Virgin Galactic; The Spaceship Company is working on spacecraft designed for future.

These sculptures envision another aspect of humanity's future: a fleet of spacecraft designed for human exploration of distant worlds.

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So serious, in fact, that the organization's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has put out a call for design proposals of the spacecraft that will eventually land on an asteroid, then send a huge chunk of it over to humans for experimentation.

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).

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Spacecraft orbiting other planets won't be any help this time around for the same reason, but another set of instruments will step up: solar observatories like SOHO, STEREO and the Solar Dynamics Observatory, all of which are designed to stare straight at the sun's surface.

Virgin is expected to opt for a two - stage expendable rocket that could be slung beneath WhiteKnightTwo — the aircraft designed to carry its SpaceShipTwo tourist spacecraft high into the atmosphere...

The current boom in private spacecraft designs (for example) shows the kind of inventiveness and flexibility that NASA could have practiced or at least funded for the past few decades if not for the shuttle.

While NASA inches ahead with plans for a new Crew Exploration Vehicle, the Russians are racing to replace their aging Soyuz fleet with a futuristic manned spacecraft designed to give Russia the competitive edge in commercial space exploration.

Do you have any advice for someone coming out of college who wants to design spacecraft?

In the original design for the spacecraft, which launched in 2011, there was no camera.

Data from WISE may generate proposals for telescope time on Herschel for more detailed follow - up observations, says Paul Goldsmith, project scientist for Herschel at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. (Goldsmith's JPL colleagues will manage ground operations for WISE; Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory in North Logan, Utah, designed and built its instrumentation, and Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colo., built the spacecraft itself.)

However, none of these are designed to provide 24/7 data, necessary for accurate and timely forecasts and all the spacecraft are ageing rapidly, with some of them having spent more than two decades in space.

Reedman graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in mechanical engineering and has now been working at MD Robotics — formerly SPAR Aerospace — designing and building spacecraft for over 17 years.

In January, Virgin Atlantic's space tourism arm, Virgin Galactic, along with spacecraft maker Scaled Composites, LLC, unveiled designs for their eight - seat SpaceShipTwo.

Maria Zuber, principal investigator for GRAIL, a mission to measure the Moon's gravitational field, used instrument designs from GRACE, an Earth - science mission with similar gravity - measuring goals, and adapted the spacecraft's design from that of a classified military satellite.

The focus of Phase B will be to further refine the mission objectives, and eventually make preliminary design plans for the spacecraft, Joan Salute, the Europa mission program executive, told Space.com in an email.

The spacecraft approached the comet at just a few kilometers per hour — a gentle walking pace — but the probe wasn't designed for landings and was likely damaged.

APL designed, built and operates the New Horizons spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., designed, built, and operates the New Horizons spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

In fact, one criterion for deciding which design to take to the demonstration stage will be which spacecraft appears to be most commercially attractive.

The plan for the RLV, in which new technologies will be demonstrated before a full - scale spacecraft is designed, will avoid those problems, he says.

«We're able to design our spacecraft specifically for the conditions we know,» Squyres said.

Doing away with wires could also create new options for interior design and reduce weight in airplanes, cars, spacecraft or any other vehicle that today is laden with heavy power cables.

This clean room was designed and built for MMS to house all four spacecraft at once: Two additional observatories appear in the background.

The team also found that the planned Commercial Crew spacecraft are not being designed for any missions beyond low earth orbit.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., designed, built, and operates the New Horizons spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

«This spacecraft would be a reusable vehicle that uses electric and chemical propulsion and would be specifically designed for crewed missions to destinations such as Mars,» agency officials said.

The price tag for sending humans to Mars will vary greatly depending on the final spacecraft and mission plan design.

Alcubierre's design called for an American football - shaped spacecraft with a flat ring attached to the ship.

«The Earth Trojan survey was designed primarily as an exercise for the mission team to rehearse the hazard search the spacecraft will perform as it approaches its target asteroid Bennu,» NASA said in the statement.

The adapter connecting the top of the rocket's upper stage to the spacecraft, for example, is a new piece that has been meticulously designed and must be built with equal care.

Also unlike Hubble, it is not designed for servicing by astronauts or robotic spacecraft.

To filter out those effects, LISA Pathfinder is testing a protective system of thrusters, designed to adjust the spacecraft in a way that compensates for such factors.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Littleton, Colo., designed and built the spacecraft and is responsible for testing, launch processing, and mission operations.

Denis has assembled an eclectic range of talents for the project, her first entirely English - language film: The script was co-written by novelist Zadie Smith, the spacecraft designs are being handled by artist Olafur Eliasson, and the supporting cast includes André 3000 and A Cure For Wellness» Mia Gofor the project, her first entirely English - language film: The script was co-written by novelist Zadie Smith, the spacecraft designs are being handled by artist Olafur Eliasson, and the supporting cast includes André 3000 and A Cure For Wellness» Mia GoFor Wellness» Mia Goth.

For example, the Aqua spacecraft was launched in 2002, designed for a 5 yr mission life, and was originally supposed to have 3 copies launched on 5 year intervals to achieve a continuous climate record over at least 15 yeaFor example, the Aqua spacecraft was launched in 2002, designed for a 5 yr mission life, and was originally supposed to have 3 copies launched on 5 year intervals to achieve a continuous climate record over at least 15 yeafor a 5 yr mission life, and was originally supposed to have 3 copies launched on 5 year intervals to achieve a continuous climate record over at least 15 years.

-- that James Hansen's research strategy for verifying and validating climate change science, as set forth in his Earth's Energy Imbalance and Implications so strikingly embody the same NASA V&V principles that are associated to successful spacecraft design... particularly in emphasizing the absolute necessity for multiple, high - quality, redundant, cross-checked, climate measurements of global span!

For example, in designing aircraft or spacecraft, are there transitional pauses when some threshold is broken through that our engineers consider?

While their design started out as a nitrous oxide thruster for spacecraft, they figured out how it could also be used at wastewater treatment plants to turn decompose nitrous oxide gas into nothing but hot air.

Setting such a low cost limit is reminiscent of inventions that came out of Gaviotas, an intentional community in the grassy plains of Colombia, where maverick engineers built wind powered water pumps for peasants by borrowing designs from NASA spacecraft blueprints.

And scientists will be see if this unique spaceship will become the prototype for long term interstellar travel.Some scientists believe that such solar sail technology holds the key to long term exploratory spaceflight, according to the Associated Press.The solar sail spacecraft are designed to be propelled by accumulating photons, not solar winds, and though slow - moving at first, would eventually be able to reach tremendous speeds.

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According to BuzzFeed News, a joint venture between NASA, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and weapons labs from the Energy Department has resulted in designs for a spacecraft capable of saving the planet.

Responsible for assisting senior level engineers in designing and developing aerospace systems and components like spacecraft and space - based communication systems

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