News tagged with maneuvers
Gas giant spacecraft all gassed up
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Juno spacecraft completed hydrazine fuel loading, oxidizer loading and final tank pressurizations this week, and now the complete propulsion system is ready for the trip to Jupiter. The ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2011 |
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ARTEMIS spacecraft prepare for lunar orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- They've almost arrived. It took one and a half years, over 90 orbit maneuvers, and – wonderfully – many gravitational boosts and only the barest bit of fuel to move two spacecraft ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Women drivers involved more than men in certain kinds of crashes
(PhysOrg.com) -- While men and women often disagree about which gender has better driving skills, a new study by the University of Michigan may shed some light on the debate.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Space Image: Endeavour's close up
(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of the space shuttle Endeavour's starboard wing was taken by the Expedition 27 crew during a survey of the approaching STS-134 mission prior to docking with the International Space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 20, 2011 |
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Image: Endeavour's rendezvous pitch maneuver
At 5:15 a.m. EDT today, Endeavour began the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or 'backflip,' on its last visit to the Inernational Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2011 |
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The search serpent: The next wave in robotics
How does one design a robot that maneuvers in three dimensions and navigates all manner of terrain? Those are the main challenges that Howie Choset at Carnegie Mellon University is attempting to tackle.
May 17, 2011 |
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Swimming led to flying, physicists say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a fish paddles its pectoral fins to swim through water, flying insects use the same physics laws to "paddle" through the air, say Cornell physicists.
May 03, 2011 |
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NASA's Stardust: Good to the last drop
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Thursday, March 24 at about 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT), NASA's Stardust spacecraft will perform a final burn with its main engines.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Why are male spiders small while females are giant?
'Bridging', an unusual mode of getting around frequently used by vegetation-inhabiting spiders to cross large gaps, may partly explain the tendency for male spiders to be much smaller than females. Researchers ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Students develop device to help blind manuever
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students have developed an innovative optical radar system that helps blind people maneuver around obstacles.
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Epoxi Spacecraft Burns for Home, Then Comet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Deep Impact/Epoxi spacecraft successfully performed a maneuver to refine its orbit prior to an upcoming Earth flyby June 27.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2010 |
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Scientists discover new explanation for controversial old patient-care technique
You might not know what it's called, but if you've had general anesthesia before surgery, especially after an accident, it is likely you have received Sellick's maneuver. That's when fingers are pressed against a patient's ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Free Spirit: Next Step: Combinations of Basic Moves
As the Mars rover team uses testing at JPL to evaluate possible ways to drive Spirit out of loose soil on Mars, the team is finishing tests of individual "building block" maneuvers and is about to begin stringing ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Rover Tests Evaluating Crabwalk Moves
On firm ground, NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers can make crablike moves by turning all four steerable wheels to the same side angle, then rotating the wheels either forward or backward.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Chinese space debris passes shuttle uneventfully: NASA
A small piece of debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test passed by the space shuttle Atlantis, but not close enough to require an evasive maneuver, NASA said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2009 |
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