Sentences with phrase «[jet propulsion»

Four years later, this space propulsion start - up, Accion Systems, is running smoothly and readying for first space launch.

«In a future mission, we could fly through those plumes and tell a lot about the chemistry and nature of the surface» and possibly a liquid ocean below, Bob Pappalardo, a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who wasn't involved in the work, told Business Insider — all without having to drill through the moon's miles - thick ice shell.

5 Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit, a vessel without a propulsion system, used to process and store oil and gas produced offshore.

Her 11 - month tenure as the co-founder of Asteria Propulsion, a company started from her work on micro-rocket engines as a graduate student at Duke, had been humbling.

The venture capital arm of Boeing has started off 2018 with several high profile investments, such as battery start - up Cuberg, Australian satellite company Myriota and British propulsion company Reaction Engines.

The company's BE-4 engine, the thunderous staple of Blue Origin's propulsion business, has demonstrated that it «works, and works well,» CEO Bob Smith told CNBC's Morgan Brennan at the 34th Space Symposium at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

While rocket building and space tourism are exciting to Smith, Blue Origin, at its core, is «a propulsion company,» he said.

Founded in 2009 by twins and former college athletes Adam and Ryan Goldston, APL (which stands for Athletic Propulsion Labs) set out to create sneakers that combined performance and design.

In designing their satellites, Planet Labs threw out things like propulsion systems, because of the high cost and weight.

As the ship was attempting to re-dock at the Miami port, it lost propulsion power and began drifting off course.

Just outside of Las Vegas, NV, Hyperloop One just conducted the first propulsion test of their hyperloop technology.

And the European Union, perhaps still smarting from the mothballing of the Anglo - French Concorde in 2003, spent $ 7 million ($ 9.8 million) on the 36 - month Long - Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies (LAPCAT) study, examining the possibilities of producing engines for aircraft that could far exceed the speed of sound.

Even NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory team communicates via Slack while maneuvering the Mars Curiosity rover.

We learn Russian Soyuz rocket systems — propulsion, electrical power, thermal control, computers, things like that.

As the Jet Propulsion Lab explains in a letter on NASA's site, mining asteroids has several purposes.

Instead of sending large spacecraft capable of moving asteroids, the startup wants to send a small craft that could land on the asteroid and 3 - D print a propulsion system and guidance mechanisms — essentially turning the asteroid into its own spaceship that would then drive itself to wherever a crew was located.

So serious, in fact, that the organization's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has put out a call for design proposals of the spacecraft that will eventually land on an asteroid, then send a huge chunk of it over to humans for experimentation.

Orbital Corporation has received its first order for a batch of engines and propulsion systems for Boeing's ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle project, in a deal worth $ 12 million.

«This is the first time in 70 years that you actually get a dramatically new propulsion system entering the business,» he said.

Engine technology developer Orbital Corporation has been named the preferred supplier of engines and propulsion systems for Boeing's ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

In addition, he says the world of aviation is ready for a new propulsion system that he estimates will have 80 percent lower emissions and be dramatically quieter than comparable planes.

The sail uses something called the «Magnus effect» for propulsion, Viking Line said in a statement Wednesday.

This difference in pressure creates a propulsion force that moves the ship forward.

On January 31, an engineer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was pulled into additional screening upon his return to the U.S. after a two - week vacation in Chile.

To do this, Hyperloop One uses electric propulsion in a vacuum environment to launch a pod that slightly hovers above the track thanks to what's known as magnetic levitation, or mag - lev technology.

Musk, the chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc (tsla) and rocket company SpaceX (spacex), recently started the Boring Company to build transport tunnels for the system, which he says would be far faster than current high - speed trains and use electromagnetic propulsion.

Founded in 2014 by MIT engineers Natalya Brikner and Louis Perna, this small satellite startup develops miniature ion engines for more efficient space propulsion.

However, two astronomers — Gianluca Masi of The Virtual Telescope Project and Michael Schwartz of Tenagra Observatories, Ltd. — managed to track down the Tesla using orbit data provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

By that time, Magna was already actively buying or partnering with companies working in alternative propulsion.

«This is evidence of a big shakeup early on in the solar system's formation,» Glenn Orton, a co-author of the new study and a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told Business Insider.

The company predicts that BEVs will comprise less than 10 % of the alternative propulsion car market over the next decade, compared with 70 % for traditional hybrids.

-- SpaceX propulsion development engineer

A loss of propulsion, unexpected flooding, or trouble with reactors or weapons can doom a sub crew to a watery grave.

According to a video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Lyrid meteor shower is active from Saturday, April 14 through Monday, April 30.

«Touchdown confirmed, we are safe on Mars,» engineer Allen Chen said over the radio, eliciting tears of joy and congratulatory hugs between all the blue - shirted Jet Propulsion Laboratory staff.

Get a behind the scenes look a the tension, anticipation and exhilaration experienced by scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. during the Curiosity rover's harrowing descent through the Martian atmosphere — known as «Seven Minutes of Terror.»

Only a handful were natural seeps from underground formations, and one was a vent from a coal mine, according to researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology.

The drone project was developed by Facebook's Connectivity Lab, which contains former researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, among others.

«Miki generates incredible creative energy and a strong passion for breaking taboos and changing culture through storytelling,» said Tikhon Bernstam, an investor with Propulsion, of his decision to invest in Tushy.

The time savings are being put to good use, says Boyd Mueller, vice president of technology in Alcoa's power and propulsion unit.

Advanced on - board computers, propulsion systems and explosives combine within the frame of the Mark 48 to make it a highly lethal one - shot - one - kill solution for every American submarine commander serving today.

The jet propulsion will thrust you forward.

Google engineers studied balloon science from NASA, the Defence Department and the Jet Propulsion Lab to design their own airships made of plastic films similar to grocery bags.

The luxury car maker — and creator of aircraft and marine propulsion engines — is dipping its toes into the contentious realm of unmanned cargo ships.

In 2011, Bechtel won a lead contract to manage the nation's two Navy research facilities for nuclear propulsion.

«Cameron and I have decided to use our bitcoin to take the plunge, or rather propulsion, into space,» the blog post reads.

Most companies working on hyperloop systems are currently focused on the actual low - pressure tunnel and propulsion sub-systems and not the interior of the passenger pods.

In addition to his excitement for the prospect of the futuristic mode of propulsion / levitation traveling, Foxx added that the hyperloop could be eligible for federal dollars via the University Transportation Centers grant.

Three years later, a firm called Hyperloop One successfully tested a propulsion system in a Nevada desert and is now contemplating a link between Abu Dhabi and Dubai that would take just 12 minutes.

As it currently stands, Musk's SpaceX and companies Hyperloop Technologies and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies are locked in a three - way race to build and develop a hyperloop test track, which will exhibit levitation and propulsion technologies at their peak.