Sentences with phrase «able of propulsion»

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«Hopefully we'll be able to get some insight by looking at these rocks into some of the global changes happening that maybe no longer permitted a lake to be present on the surface,» says Abigail Fraeman, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

«The ability of MRO to observe for multiple Mars years with a payload able to see the fine detail of these features has enabled findings such as these: first identifying the puzzling seasonal streaks and now making a big step towards explaining what they are,» said Rich Zurek, MRO project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

However, the launch wasn't a total success because a loss of hydraulic pressure meant the firm wasn't able to recover the rocket's propulsion modules as planned.

«I think we're very close to being able to put this propulsion system onto a satellite for a simple demonstration of propulsion capability in space,» said Tappan.

«By combining seven smaller telescopes to synthesize the accuracy of one large one,» says Michael Shao, the scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who heads the SIM team, «we're going to be able to search the nearest 40 or so stars to find planets that are from one to two times the mass of Earth and that are in a habitable zone around their stars.»

Kepler project scientist Nick Gautier of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory presented new data at the meeting on three of the larger planets in the Kepler - 20 system, now officially known as Kepler - 20b, -20 c and -20 d. From the star's wobbles, observed with ground - based telescopes, Gautier and his colleagues were able to deduce the masses of Kepler - 20b and -20 c: 8.7 and 16.1 Earth masses, respectively.

You might not associate electric propulsion with serious power, but according the Nissan, the Leaf NISMO Racing Competition, which features 48 compact lithium - ion battery modules and a 80kW AC synchronous motor that generates 107 HP and 208 lb - ft of torque is able to accelerate from 0 to 62 mph (0 to 100 Km / h) in 6.85 seconds.

In the airplane hangar, players will be able to construct 125 different combinations of weapons, bodies and propulsion systems.

When one takes into consideration the different efficiencies of liquid - fueled and electric propulsion, then where the rubber meets the road the cost of powering a plug - in hybrid with average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent of the cost of powering the same vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy fuel in the form of electricity at the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.

Based on the fact that water expands as it gets warmer, NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Lab were able to test this hypothesis of «missing» warming hiding in the deep ocean.

Jeff Norris, project manager for Project HoloLens at NASA with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, spoke up this week about how and when a new set of Microsoft's holographic headsets will be able to be launched into space.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) took the reigns on this project, creating a virtual environment in which users will be able to see what the Curiosity rover — and future rovers — see on the surface of the planet.