Sentences with phrase «spacewalking astronauts»

In a May space shuttle mission to Hubble, spacewalking astronauts completed a slew of repairs and upgrades to the 19 - year - old observatory, including replacing the telescope's workhorse camera with an enhanced successor, the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).

Spacewalking astronauts and technicians on the ground conducted a day of trouble - shooting that shed light on a spate of problems that have stalled construction of the International Space Station, NASA managers said on Tuesday.

STEREO observes solar storms and probes coronal mass ejections, which can disrupt satellites, endanger spacewalking astronauts, and even knock out earthly electric power.

Unlike the Earth - orbiting Hubble, James Webb will therefore be too distant for spacewalking astronauts to service and repair.

Not exact matches

The photo, taken Dec. 24, 2013, features NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins as he participates in the second of two spacewalks.

China has already put astronauts into orbit, becoming only the third country to do so in 2003; this past September, Chinese astronauts completed their country's first spacewalk.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

The manifest for the uncrewed Dragon includes almost 5,000 pounds of material including a spacewalking suit for astronauts plus related hardware and supplies for more than 150 science investigations to be conducted by the space station crews.

Small leaks are identified by the loss of mass / pressure within the system, but determining the leak's actual location is a time - consuming process for astronauts — and it can involve a spacewalk.

The images depict crew operations including the Orion spacecraft's trip to and rendezvous with the relocated asteroid, as well as astronauts maneuvering through a spacewalk to collect samples from the asteroid.

«SpaceX Dragon heads to space; Station astronauts prep for Wednesday spacewalk.»

The astronauts would dock with the robotic tug and conduct spacewalks to investigate the boulder before returning to Earth, spending a total of almost a month in space.

Its morphing design means it should be less unwieldy than today's suits and allow astronauts to be more efficient, both during spacewalks and in planetary exploration, Jacobs told the...

So two astronauts took a spacewalk and pushed the antennas into position.

The European Space Agency is embarking on a Man in Virtual Space project, which will investigate whether astronauts can train for spacewalks without the need for buoyancy tanks.

China recently became the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to send its own astronauts out for a spacewalk.

The swimming pool, which helps provide the lack of gravity needed for astronauts to practice for spacewalks, housed a mockup of the Orion spacecraft that would carry astronauts to the asteroid.

women, one giant leap for womankind as NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson this week set a new spacewalking record for a female astronaut.

Veteran NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold will head outside the International Space Station at approximately 8 a.m. EDT Thursday to begin a 6.5 - hour spacewalk.

Ronald Garan, Jr. is a retired NASA astronaut who has traveled 71,075,867 miles in 2,842 orbits of our planet during more than 178 days in space and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA during four spacewalks.

He conducted three spacewalks totaling almost 20 hours that included testing tools for the first Hubble Telescope repair mission, construction of the International Space Station, and the test flight of an astronaut jet pack.

NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei took another spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, this time to grease the robot Johann August Ephraim Goeze originally named the tardigrade kleiner Wasserbär (Bärtierchen today), meaning little water bear in German.

When their shuttle is destroyed during a routine spacewalk, a veteran astronaut and a brilliant engineer are stranded in space together.

Specifically, NASA uses VR to train astronauts in the aspect of spacewalking - an action where the astronaut leaves a spaceship environment to perform an action like replacing a faulty module on a spacecraft.

However, the problem with spacewalking is astronauts have no idea what to expect until they are actually doing it.

Apollo 11 astronaut, Dr. Buzz Aldrin, who performed the first successful spacewalk in 1966, delivered the keynote address at the 8th International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) in Cannes, France and thousands of travel industry insiders gathered to listen.

[On this Christmas Eve, two astronauts on the International Space Station are in the midst of a «spacewalk» (there has to be a better term) to repair cooling equipment.

The solution may lie in «throwing» the unit: during a forthcoming spacewalk, three astronauts, Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov and American astronaut Clay Anderson, plan on releasing the EAS from the station's surface and using a robot arm to give it a «good shove.»

Astronauts use white spacesuits when they go on spacewalks to do work outside the space shuttle or International Space Station.

Finally, we capped off the day with an inspiring closing keynote from retired astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield, who made history as the first Canadian to perform a spacewalk and command the International Space Station.

For an additional $ 20 million, you can stay aboard the space hotel for up to a month and even have the opportunity to join an astronaut on a spacewalk.

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel seemingly hangs off the International Space Station while conducting a spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (out of frame) on March 29, 2018.