The instrument fires a laser pulse at the statue, and measures the time it takes the pulse to reflect back, less than a millionth of a second later.
Among such measurements, are data collected by the Consert instrument, which fired radio signals between the lander and the Rosetta orbiter to probe the internal make-up of the comet.
His blond hair falling in his face, he exhibited seemingly boundless energy and a menacing sexuality while carrying out various stage antics: standing on the piano, playing it with arms and feet, kicking over the stool, even lighting the instrument on fire.
The rover will now employ its Dan instrument, which fires the subatomic particles neutrons at the surface to examine levels of hydrogen- and hydroxyl-containing minerals that could hint at Mars' prior water-rich history.
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If Glenn is in the grip of a messianic syndrome, however -- which is what this second photo toys with -- the obsession, from a political standpoint -- is merely an instrument to fire up the patriotism.
Emerson first found commercial success with the Nice, with whom he used and abused an L-100, putting knives in the instrument, setting fire to it, playing it upside down, or riding it across stage in the manner of a horse.
But by the time I arrived with two nice juicy steaks and a bottle of Newman's Own Bar-B-Que sauce, the cooking tools were laid out like surgical instruments, the fire was lighted in the new gas grill and the family was gathered around.
General Franks, the overall commander of forces in Iraq, ordered his field commanders to redouble their efforts to find and attack the last holdouts, using every available tool -- from the blunt instrument of artillery fire to the stiletto stab of assassination.
The Soyuz descent module was designed to separate from the instrument module and fire small retrofire rockets to reenter the atmosphere.
"We are turning this building into a very large laboratory instrument," said Daniel Madrzykowski, a fire protection engineer with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a division of the federal Department of Commerce, moments before the first of the intentionally set blazes roared through a seventh-floor apartment on Saturday.
