Refueling

Mid-life maintenance projects, called Refueling and Complex Overhauls, or RCOH, take place once in the life of a Nimitz-class carrier and aim to extend the ship's life to 50 years.

The Shad Plank 2010

"Refueling" with electricity sourced from a mixture of atomic, coal-fired and hydroelectric power stations, as is usual in Europe, results in three times as much pollution as from the Li-ion battery alone.

innovations-report 2010

Technically called the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM, Rosie is a 550-pound, washing machine-size box outfitted with a set of tools and interfaces that mimic those on satellites.

Shuttle experiment to test in-flight repair, refueling 2011

The attack cruiser Etherwolf docked at the Alliance Refueling Station orbiting Vesta, the second largest planetoid in the asteroid belt.

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Technically called the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM, Rosie is a 550-pound, washing machine-size box outfitted with a set of tools and interfaces that mimic those on satellites.

Shuttle experiment to test in-flight repair, refueling 2011

More precisely, it was the Air National Guard, including aircraft, crews and maintainers from the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Refueling Wing, among other states' Guardsmen, which performed that mission.

Our Planes Are Older Than Their Crews 2011

Our spies on the Vesta Refueling Station believe that the Black Star is carrying a doomsday devise.

365 tomorrows » 2009 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim— will install the Robotic Refueling Mission, an experiment to develop techniques to robotically refuel satellites in space.

Shuttle Atlantis reaches orbit for final time 2011

As for specific spa treatments, Mr. Salgardo said he's particularly in love with the Men's Refueling Facial which gives a deep-pore cleansing and "puts your skin looking back like it was 10 years ago."

Kiehl's President on Bikes and Beauty Cream Marshall Heyman 2011

Recent months have seen the planes and crew of the 100th Air Refueling Wing taking part in Iraq and Afghanistan operations and refueling U.S. and NATO jets across Europe.

Over Libyan Skies, U.S. Pilots Stretch Mission Alistair MacDonald 2011