Earlier, he had urged NASA technicians to complete installation of needed spare parts so the shuttle could get off the ground by January 26 at the latest.

Or a NASA technician may use a computer to control a rover to collect rock samples on Mars.

We were like NASA technicians.

Shortly before looking for a magnifying glass and a NASA technician to help us figure out how to achieve scratch-off, she chose to simply plunge in.

One of the NASA technicians connected the pack to the suit and checked that all the systems were working.

On account of this, NASA technicians performed an inspection.

But the level had been pronounced by NASA technicians as lying within the safe tolerance.

Modifications by NASA technicians were further refined and incorporated into new models by Hasselblad.

One was a cook, another a senior ice corer and the third a NASA technician.

If NASA technicians prepare only a few launchings a year, he said, "it's kind of a stretch to say that some of those principles apply."