Sentences with phrase «year mission conducted»

That's the conclusion of a four - year mission conducted by the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft, which has created the highest - resolution map yet of the entire cosmic microwave background (CMB)-- the first light to travel across a newly transparent universe about 380,000 years after the big bang.

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UAF has worked extensively with both institutional and commercial partners in Alaska and in recent years, using drones to monitor sea lion populations in the Aleutian Islands, conduct ice flow and environmental surveying missions for NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, inspect pipelines for oil and gas giant BP and assist a Russian tanker during a dangerous late - season fuel delivery to the remote Alaskan outpost of Nome.

This came just a few months after Cynthia Vanier, a mediator from Ontario who conducted a fact - finding mission to Libya last year funded by SNC - Lavalin, ended up in prison in Mexico.

In recent years COCU conducted experiments in joint mission and worship among local congregations — experiments which made clear the value and possibility of such a concept of congregational mission and identity.

«This year alone, astronauts will conduct 17 rendezvous and docking missions at the ISS,» NRC officials explained in a statement.

Six years later, he flew for the first time on a six - day, 96 - orbit mission during which he helped deploy a satellite, conduct experiments in astrophysics, and run an onboard materials processing lab.

For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge, a NASA mission that conducts aerial surveys of polar ice, has produced unprecedented three - dimensional views of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, providing scientists with valuable data on how polar ice is changing in a warming world.

In that time, the Rosetta mission has been conducting an unprecedented scientific analysis of the comet, a remnant from early in the solar system's 4.6 - billion - year history.

Over the years, IRRI has conducted rigorous rice research as part of the mission to ensure food and nutrition security for future generations.

It is highly unlikely that an additional $ 400 million per year in fixed costs would be required to conduct human spaceflight missions.

Decadal Surveys are conducted every 10 years by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to identify the key science questions and recommend missions to answer them for NASA's science programs.

If everything goes according to plan, the observatory will conduct a two - year mission to survey more than 85 percent of the sky, searching for exoplanets around bright stars in the 300 - light - year distance range.

«They have a clarity of mission,» says Dr. Levine, who is conducting a two - year study on the quality of education schools that will be published in November.

To further the organization's mission in her capacity she draws upon a wide depth and breadth of practical and theoretical knowledge and experience gained from: ten years serving the SC Department of Education Title I, Part C Education of Migratory Children / Youth program, five years as the state coordinator and five years as a state recruiter / outreach worker; working as an Spanish / English interpreter / translator for the University of SC's Center for Child and Family Studies HABLA project and an undergraduate professor in Political Philosophy and Ideology and World Politics; serving in the United State Peace Corps for three years in Mali, West Africa to improve women's financial sustainability and promotion of girls education; employment at the UN headquarters; living / studying / working / conducting research in the Philippines, Syria, Mali, France, and Spain; obtainment of a PhD in International Relations from the University of South Carolina in 2012; a MS in International Business, and a MA in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University in 2001; and a BA in International Studies with a focus in Management, French, and Spanish from the College of Saint Elizabeth in 1999.

It is our job to conduct your pet's physical exams twice a year, but it is our mission to help guide your pet's wellness every day.

In addition, USTDA will conduct three reverse trade missions to bring Chinese delegations to see environmental, smart grid, and CCUS technologies in the United States over the next year.

NASA has been conducting flyovers of the Arctic sea ice for eight years through Operation IceBridge, a mission designed to collect data on changes in sea ice shape and size.

The agency's six - year Operation IceBridge mission conducts flights over the Arctic to measure ice thickness using laser instruments.

The guys at NASA and the JPL proved this years ago: March 2, 2006 RELEASE: 06 - 085 NASA Mission Detects Significant Antarctic Ice Mass Loss Scientists were able to conduct the first - ever gravity survey of the entire Antarctic ice sheet using data from the joint NASA / German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).

The treatment of the Practice of Law Board over the last three years is a textbook study on how to discourage and disempower a board comprised of volunteers: oppose their mission; cut their budget; withhold meaningful staff support; personally attack and seek to oust the volunteers who disagree with you; conduct secret meetings to discuss the future of the group without informing its volunteer members or inviting them to participate; dismiss or reject out of hand the volunteers» concerns; and replace the group's members and leadership team.

For many years, the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Professionalism has sought to improve the legal profession by promoting greater competence, civility, and a higher level of ethical conduct — a mission that aligns with work of the Illinois... Read More