launch pad

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Instead, you’re meant to feel like you’re standing on a launch pad outside.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The first rehearsal, which took place in early February, ended early because of a hydrogen fuel leak at the launch pad.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

In that case, parents should think of their 2025 income-tax return as the launch pad.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

Traveling at a top speed of just 0.82 mph, the crawler moved the massive Moon rocket steadily toward the launch pad.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

That night, in a cottage near the launch pad, a twenty-seven-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin lay still in a wooden bunk, pretending to be asleep.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin