Sentences with phrase «veteran astronaut»

Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney).

Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (Clooney) in command.

Veteran astronaut Andy Thomas, a crew member on this year's inaugural flight of the reengineered space shuttle, says that stars from dry, unpolluted earthly locations look as good as or better than they do through the shuttle's glass view port.

Veteran astronaut John Glenn returned to space aboard Discovery in 1998.

Richard Garriott, son of NASA veteran astronaut Owen Garriott, aims to be the first second - generation astronaut, and a pioneer in civilian space travel

NASA has lost two more veteran astronauts, including the head of the space agency's Flight Crew Operations Directorate.

Sandra Bullock is outstanding as Dr. Ryan Stone, a scientist who signs on to a space shuttle mission and then lives through a horrific disaster, with only veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) to guide her.

The mission takes off, under a folksy veteran astronaut (Robert Duvall) who quotes Mark Twain to his young crew.

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring.

Sen — NASA has selected four veteran astronauts to train for test flights aboard commercial space taxis under development by SpaceX and Boeing.

NASA on Wednesday named another veteran astronaut, Christopher Cassidy, to take over Behnken's post.

John Grunsfeld, a veteran astronaut that's now a NASA science chief, said, «This technology we are using to explore exoplanets is real.

Her commander is veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Cloone... [MORE]

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