The Gyroscope and Direction Control. ... After traveling a set distance (known as the reach), the gyro mechanism kicks in. It senses that the ring and the axis of the gyroscope are not aligned.

Hey Ray: The science of gyroscopes 03:19. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Sometimes seemingly simple toys have some pretty cool science packed into them. You may remember when we showed you all the scientific ...

According to the team from the Tianjin Navigation Instruments Research Institute and Jinan University, the gyroscope could offer a more stable way to measure navigation for aircraft, ships and oil ...

That said, one-gyro mode will impose some limitations on the Hubble team. For example, it will take longer to switch from one science target to the next, Crouse said, leading to perhaps a 12% ...

It would appear that this "faulty" gyroscope is providing fluctuating readings. Those fluctuations initially sent Hubble into the automatic "safe mode" it's currently in on Nov. 19, but then ...