Sentences with phrase «time aboard a spacecraft»

Time slows at that end due to an effect in Einstein's theory of special relativity known as time dilation: Relative to a stationary observer on the ground, time aboard a spacecraft appears to slow down; relative to the spacecraft, time for the observer on the ground seems to speed up.

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At just about 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Chang» e-5 Test 1 (CE5 - T1) spacecraft lifted off aboard a Long March rocket for an unmanned dash to the moon and back that aims to test technology for a sample return mission planned for 2017 and, a decade from now, possibly landing astronauts on the moon.

TIMED will launch aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket along with another spacecraft, called Jason 1, which will take measurements of circulations in the Earth's oceans for use in climate research.

With a little more than a year to go before U.S. astronauts launch aboard a U.S. - built spacecraft, and from U.S. soil, for the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle era, NASA has ordered its second Post-Certification Mission (PCM) from SpaceX.

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.

And don't worry, there are more than enough cool chase scenes, scrapes, escapes, and near - death experiences aboard spacecraft both large and small to keep you entertained for the two - hour and twenty - three - minute run time.