'' Two seconds later, just before we would have stalled and started a death spiral to earth, the jet's control stick moved forward, and the airplane began to pick up speed, averting the stall.
The mission control in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory burst into cheers as the rover touched down Monday morning.
Steady electronic "heartbeat" tones relayed from Curiosity across space to Earth indicated a successful landing to the control room at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Senegal never took control of the jet from Brazil, and it wasn't until seven hours later that controllers in Madrid and Brest, France, raised an alarm, investigators said.
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Still, the delay diminishes the company's credibility, benefiting European Aeronautic Defense and Space unit Airbus, in the battle for control of the commercial jet market.
Still, it only further diminishes the company's credibility and places it at a further disadvantage to European Aeronautic Defense and Space unit Airbus, in the battle for control of the commercial jet market.
Still, the delay diminishes the company's credibility, benefiting European Aeronautic Defense and Space (other-otc: EADSF - news - people ) unit Airbus, in the battle for control of the commercial jet market.
Still, it only further diminishes the company's credibility and places it at a further disadvantage to European Aeronautic Defense and Space (other-otc: EADSF - news - people ) unit Airbus, in the battle for control of the commercial jet market.
Founded in Little Rock, Arkansas by Fred Smith in 1971, Federal Express made a smart move in 1973, just as jet fuel prices were spiraling out of control.
Modern manufacturing processes combined with electronic fuel control and engine diagnostics make a single-engine jet much safer than earlier models.
The jet stream consists of strong winds about 10 miles above the Earth that control storm paths and mark boundaries between cooler and warmer air.
The resources required of the air-traffic control and airport system to fly a chief executive in his jet are the same required to fly a 767 full of passengers.
Among BAE Systems' plans, for example, is the co-operative control of drones, which would allow a pilot in a jet to fly with a squadron of the robot aircraft on surveillance or combat missions.
In the jet lag period immediately following the time difference, they had trouble learning simple tasks that a control group easily mastered.
All planes have batteries, but the Dreamliner needs especially powerful ones because its control systems are driven entirely by electrical signals in place of the hydraulic controls seen on earlier generations of jet.
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