Sentences with phrase «well as astronauts»

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.

The sun is a tempestuous place prone to proton and electron particle storms that can speed across a 150 - million - kilometer space chasm to bash into Earth's atmosphere, potentially disrupting satellite service, damaging telecommunications networks, causing power grid blackouts and endangering high - altitude aircraft as well as astronauts on board the International Space Station.

Women in Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, and more.

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The latest backing came from a group which included Richard Branson's The Spaceship Company — the manufacturing arm of Virgin Galactic — as well as other «tech bosses, engineers, and astronauts,» according to The Daily Mail.

Astronauts of the space - shuttle era would work regularly in space to maintain satellites as well as construct and maintain the International Space Station (ISS).

Based on the best - selling book from Andy Weir of the same name, the story follows astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) as he's left behind on Mars after a storm forces the rest of his crew to head home.

Made in Space's technology — dubbed the Additive Manufacturing Facility — is busy printing replacement parts and tools as the astronauts need them; a far better choice than launching replacement tools from Earth on future rockets, which could take more than several months to arrive.

Americans saw as well as heard the president express his sorrow to the astronauts families, friends and colleagues.

Joseph Smith ancestors are along with Eight U.S. presidents are known to be descended from Mayflower passengers, and a number of other famous people including astronauts, poets, politicians, actors and actresses, directors, inventors and others are descendants as well.

Along with a letter that pointed to some online links about space camp, the astronaut program and resources to elementary students, NASA also sent Dexter some really cool pictures of the Red Planet and Mars Curiosity Rover, as well as a sticker that's a replica of the mission patch worn by the astronauts.

The Red Bull Racing duo compare G - force to anti-gravity as well as speaking to Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano.

The thick, moldable foam was designed to protect astronauts during rocket travel, but absorbs movement just as well here on earth.

Well, since we've already established your future as a physicist / astronaut / doctor / entrepreneur / rock star (no pressure, I love you, I just want you to be happy), I know you or the teams of people you employ will be all over this someday.

It was first used in 1886 during the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, and parades held there have heralded the historic travels of Amelia Earheart and Apollo mission astronauts, as well as the feats of the 2009 World Series champions, the New York Yankees.

Having been away from the planet for a short time, the astronauts see Earth as precious, and they convey their affection for it well.

Space Race «The success of Project Mercury's first manned orbital flight on February 20 may have set the stage for international co-operation in the exploration of space, as well as demonstrating through the performance of the astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., that men have a useful function in space vehicles.

The ability to identify microbes in space could aid in the ability to diagnose and treat astronaut ailments in real time, as well as assisting in the identification of DNA - based life on other planets.

And as astronauts begin to spend much more time in space, their survival may depend on how well we can predict the sun's violent episodes.

Previous research has tested how well radiation - exposed rats do with basic learning tasks and mazes, but this new Johns Hopkins study focused on tests that closely mimic the self - tests of fitness for duty currently used by astronauts on the International Space Station prior to mission - critical events such as space walks.

Over the next few years NASA is hoping for similar commercial success in taxiing astronauts — and many of these companies will likely offer private citizens trips to space as well.

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.

Scientists and astronauts recall the telescope's finest hours as well as threats to its 25 - year existence

As well as threatening the health of astronauts, this could jeopardise long - haul missions into spacAs well as threatening the health of astronauts, this could jeopardise long - haul missions into spacas threatening the health of astronauts, this could jeopardise long - haul missions into space.

It could scan Mars and map out subsurface pockets of water ice and even assist in X-marking a safe and sound landing zone for astronauts where they can draw on water for oxygen - sustaining needs as well as for concocting rocket fuel.

The space agency wanted that spacecraft to provide advanced communications and imaging as well as robotic science exploration in support of NASA's plans to send astronauts to the vicinity of the Red Planet or its moons sometime during the 2030s.

And in the institute's 140 - year history, these corridors have been traversed by 59 Nobel laureates and 30 astronauts, as well as Dr. Dolittle author Hugh Lofting, architect I. M. Pei, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, inventor Raymond Kurzweil, Ford Motor Company honcho William C. Ford, suspected Al Qaeda agent Aafia Siddiqui, and NPR's «Car Talk» guys.

Reliable space - to - ground communication is critical to all missions — when astronauts venture outside the International Space Station to install new equipment and perform important maintenance, as well as for any other on - orbit needs.

Having to work with limited volumes of space available and accommodate complex engineering needs as well as design for astronauts living under stressful and exhausting conditions was a supreme challenge.

As a group, astronauts are highly educated and have access to top medical care, meaning their healthcare outcomes are generally better than the general population.

Not only do the companies need to pass NASA's safety standards with unproved spacecraft, but they must train astronauts on the new equipment as well.

The attacks have been especially swift and sharp from senators Barbara Mikulski (D - MD) and Richard Shelby (R - AL), who represent states that currently get substantial NASA investment, as well as from former Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan.

Besides helping scientists better understand the risks of P. aeruginosa colonizing equipment on spacecraft or causing diseases such as urinary tract infections among astronauts, the experiments may improve scientists» ability to predict whether other species of bacteria might become more virulent in space.

A number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as former astronauts and space policy experts, have criticized the Administration's plan to eliminate Constellation, which has thus far cost taxpayers over $ 9 billion.

This week NASA put the latest piece of hardware into place, awarding a preliminary six - year, $ 183.8 - million contract to Oceaneering International, Inc., of Houston to design and build a basic spacesuit (for launches, landings and emergencies) as well as a suit for astronauts to wear during their stays on the moon.

Researchers are already exploring the dangers that hitchhiking microbes from Earth would pose to potential alien life, as well as the risk of alien microbes to the health of human astronauts.

The belts, consisting of high - energy electrons and protons discovered above Earth's upper atmosphere in 1958 by James Van Allen, can pose a significant hazard to satellites and spacecraft, as well to astronauts performing activities outside a spacecraft.

A better understanding of how these senses contribute to our perception of orientation could help astronauts train to overcome space sickness — which arises as the vestibular system adapts to low gravity — by paying more attention to visual information and the body's position, says Barnett - Cowan.

You know, for instance around Earth, you can think of gravity as forming a kind of a well around Earth, which causes the things that pass near Earth, the moon I would say, which is orbiting on its path, to stay within the vicinity because it falls into that gravity well, metaphorically speaking; and in likewise the same way this astronaut that is fictitiously described by our good mathematics professor takes a journey through curved spacetime.

Knowing when such storms are coming helps protect astronauts as well as ground communications: Physicists estimate that a 1989 solar outburst released enough radiation to expose astronauts on the Mir space station to their yearly dose in just a few hours.

Ride will be best remembered not for her role as the first American woman astronaut but rather for her sterling competence, through which she made that groundbreaking accomplishment seem unremarkable and established another truth about the new normal: the inherent neutrality of excellence.

Since 2010 private companies have been competing for a lucrative opportunity: to provide routine transport of American astronauts and cargo to the ISS as well as deliver other low Earth orbit payloads.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk hopes it will eventually be permitted to carry astronauts as well.

Iran and the United States don't see eye - to - eye on many issues, but both have viewed monkeys as good astronaut test subjects over the years.

Scott Kelly's health data is being compared to information gathered from his twin brother, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, and may also provide insights into everyday health problems such as cancer and diabetes, as well as the aging process.

The resulting data will also help improve how we forecast major eruptions on the Sun and subsequent space weather events that can impact life on Earth, as well as satellites and astronauts in space.

«I can not think of a better way to continue our celebration of independence this July than to mark this milestone as we look to reassert our space travel independence and end our sole reliance on Russia to get American astronauts to the International Space Station,» he said.

Their technique has shed light on how cells repair DNA strand breaks, which could help scientists learn how to protect astronauts from cosmic rays as well as refine radiotherapy protocols designed to kill tumors.

«This should greatly reduce planetary protection concerns as well as any concerns about infection of astronauts,» McKay explained.

The more we know about these particles, the better able we'll be to protect astronauts and infrastructure such as power grids.

In fact, as I discuss extensively in Chapter 16 of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food, soy protein isolate and other soy protein products are well - established risk factors for the exocrine type of pancreatic cancer that killed actors Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze and astronaut Sally Ride, but not for the much rarer endocrine type that killed Jobs.