Sentences with phrase «weightless environment»

The ISS's near - weightless environment offered an ideal venue for studying the problem.

At the time, scientists and physicians knew little about the human tolerance to a sustained weightless environment, only what ground simulations — «dress rehearsals» — would predict.

Provides a virtually weightless environment through the buoyancy of water, which also reduces stress on the pet's joints.

If the effect doesn't replicate a weightless environment, at least it lets shoe buyers feel like they are walking on air.

The ISS was initially conceived to be a world - class facility for doing research in medical science and material science, in which we exploit the weightless environment of space to manufacture materials such as ceramics, alloys or protein crystals.

Using a specially modified Boeing 727, parabolic flights are performed to create a weightless environment, allowing you to float, flip, and soar as if you were in space!

I last wrote about her in 2010 when her book Packing for Mars came out, which dealt in part with the unfortunate realities of hitting the head in a weightless environment.

Flight Engineer Alexander Skvortsov performed another session of the Kulonovskiy Kristall experiment, gathering information about charged particles in a weightless environment.

Astronauts train underwater there to simulate the experience of moving in the weightless environment of space.

This is most apparent in the depths of space, where three quarters of astronauts experience what's known as «space adaptation syndrome», a form of motion sickness that occurs in spaceflights when they're free to move about in the weightless environment.

Dr. Heere says the step reflex can occur when infants are supported by the upper body, which stimulates the weightless environment they experience in the womb.

I certainly did not expect to see a better opening sequence this year after The Place Beyond the Pines» three minute long tracking shot, but Gravity ups the ante with a fifteen minute continuous shot which masterfully introduces us to each character, as well as the weightless environment of space.

They made numerous attempts to find a solution, even looking at a «vomit comet» — it's a plane used for training astronauts that provides a brief near - weightless environment — the effect would last only 20 seconds.

According to NASA, the least fatiguing seats are those that come closest to a «neutral posture» — a relaxed position that the human body takes in a weightless environment.

According to NASA, the least fatiguing seats are those that come closest to a «neutral posture» the human body takes on in a weightless environment.

Jump into 2 - hours programme and get the feeling of flying in a weightless environment with all the colorful marine life around you.

The mice had been treated with various medications that may help alleviate muscle loss during extended stays in a weightless environment.

• Highly experienced with extra vehicular activity (EVA), extra vehicular mobility unit (EMU), and well practiced in the weightless environment training facility (WET - F), operating 130 flights without incident.