Sometimes, in the middle of long deep-space missions, the bridge seemed small and crowded.

A ship's psychologist is second only to the chief surgeon on deep-space missions.

Lisa lived with her father and never heard from her mother, a researcher who volunteered for a deep-space mission.

He had been a green lieutenant and the Farragut was to be his first deep-space mission.

Scientists will use a suite of 21 instruments, some never flown on a deep-space mission.

This spacecraft is the first deep-space mission to use a phased-array antenna for communications.

Some of our own deep-space missions have already encountered them.

A single man, he has no commitments, is extensively experienced with long-term deep-space missions, and what's more, he's ready to get back out there.

Think about all the ships on deep-space missions far away from any hospitable planet or starbase.

So, how did you manage to get aboard a deep-space mission like this, Heather?