Sentence examples for keep it pointed from inspiring English sources

Kepler was launched with four reaction wheels, essentially gyroscopes, of which three are needed to keep it pointed.

Kepler, which is only about 9 feet by 15 feet, has four reaction wheels that are meant to keep it pointed in the right direction; at least three of them need to be working properly, and right now only two are.

JM: Just keep your head up and keep it pointed towards the sun.

"Just keep it pointed down by your side and say, 'I have a knife.

Make sure to keep it pointed.

When you're handling the gun, always keep it pointed downrange.

One of the three components, known as reaction wheels, that help keep it pointing in the right direction (specifically, at a patch of stars between the constellations Lyra and Cygnus) had jammed.In this section Checkpoint Charlie A heroic find Peer to peer Lost and found ReprintsWith its sole spare reaction wheel already damaged, things did not look good.

In May, a component of the spacecraft designed to keep it pointing precisely failed, dealing a crushing blow to Marcy and his colleagues who last year convinced NASA to extend funding for the mission into 2016, which Marcy says would have allowed researchers to further refine the number of known Earthlike planets in our galactic neighborhood.

A third person kept it pointed upward".

Gleason held the pistol just inside the sleeve of his large topcoat, and kept it pointed at the windshield as he rounded the front of the car and ducked quickly into the driver's seat.

Some school officials said they believed that as many as three officers had drawn their weapons, but police officials said it was only one and that the officer had kept it pointed toward the ground.