booster
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The rocket’s upper stage made it to orbit, achieving the flight’s main goal, though the booster wasn’t recaptured for reuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
SpaceX’s Starship is designed to be the most powerful rocket ever built, consisting of a booster that propels a large spacecraft into space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Using a standard booster approach in mice, both vaccine types produced similar antiviral T cell and antibody-producing B cell responses.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
The MenB vaccine helps protect against meningococcal group B bacteria and is recommended for babies aged eight weeks, followed by a second dose at 12 weeks and a booster at one year.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
"But it's the only booster we have that's big enough. Which brings me to my next point: We only get one shot at this. If we fail, Mark Watney dies."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Vocabulary lists containing booster
"Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center," Vocabulary from the speech
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"Laws are not the only way to boost immunization”: an editorial from Nature
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This Week In Words: Current Events Vocab for January 23–29, 2021
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