Sentence examples for lunar operations from inspiring English sources

If the capital infrastructure for lunar operations comes into existence independent of lunar energy options, including the potential for polar operations, hydrogen, water and oxygen will have commercial value.

Essentially, by studying how geologists carry out field science, we can provide guidelines for lunar surface operations.

We show that a skin cancer risk greater than 1% could occur for astronauts with light skin and hair color following exposure to medium or large class solar particle events during future lunar base operations, or from exposure to galactic cosmic rays during Mars missions.

They performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space, their Gemini linking with an unmanned Agena in an essential test for later operations on lunar flights.

With a mandate for continuing exploration, it cannot assume responsibility for long-term operation of lunar assets.

The global exploration roadmap suggests, among other ambitious future space programmes, a possible manned outpost in lunar vicinity, to support surface operations and further astronaut training for longer and deeper space missions and transfers.

For the 2009 and 2010 NASA Desert RATS field tests, various engineering concepts and operational exercises were incorporated into mission timelines with the focus of the majority of daily operations being on simulated lunar geological field operations and executed in a manner similar to current Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.

No operations would occur during lunar night.

The high dynamic phase tracking capability demonstrated in this paper have large flexibility and could be applied to flight operations in the future lunar and deep space missions.

That money allows both the MER Opportunity rover and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to continue science operations (both were zeroed out in the president's budget proposal).

When the vehicle left the lunar surface and returned to microgravity operations on the return trip to Earth, the lunar dust became airborne and was reported to be irritating to the eyes of Apollo astronauts [ 3].