Sentence examples for in orbit on from inspiring English sources

HOUSTON, July 28 - The Discovery astronauts worked through their second full day in orbit on Thursday, executing an elegant orbital back flip and docking with the International Space Station.

It's called the World Cup, but Nasa astronauts in orbit on the International Space Station are also enjoying the action.

Scott broke the American record for most cumulative time in space, having spent 520 days in orbit on his four flights.

Mr. Usachev and James S. Voss and Col. Susan J. Helms of the Air Force have spent about five and a half months in orbit on the space station and are set to return to Earth aboard Discovery.

The plane spent almost two years in orbit on its third mission alone, from 11 December 2012 to 17 October 2014, before landing at Vandenberg air force base, California.

In 1966 the General Assembly unanimously approved a treaty prohibiting the placement of weapons of mass destruction in orbit, on the Moon, or on other celestial bodies and recognizing the use of outer space exclusively for peaceful purposes.

Therefore it is designed to be assembled in-orbit on board the ISS, with a circular core mirror (MSC1) and eight mirror sectors attached to it, to form the final MSC2.

It is designed to stay in orbit for months on end and can automatically land back on Earth.

NASA has struck a deal with the main spy satellite agency to take routine pictures of space shuttles in orbit to check on their condition, an option not pursued for the ill-fated flight of the shuttle Columbia.

A7 NASA has struck an agreement with the nation's main spy satellite agency to routinely take pictures of space shuttles in orbit to check on their condition, an option not pursued during the ill-fated flight.

As a next step we see our diode laser technology being ready for in-orbit demonstration on small satellites.