liftoff
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I liked the indie rock sound, but mostly for the collaborative liftoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Falcon Heavy operated as planned and separated from the observatory 31 minutes after liftoff.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
SpaceX had scheduled the test flight to happen last week, but it was scrubbed shortly before liftoff after problems with the booster engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Wagner is confident that geothermal energy has now achieved liftoff, and will only get better and cheaper over time.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Watney lay in the acceleration couch as the MAV rumbled in anticipation of liftoff.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Security Council resolutions ban North Korea from performing any launches using ballistic technology, such as satellite liftoffs and missile tests.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
They also say if North Korea launches multiple missiles from different sites simultaneously, it would be more difficult for the allies to spot liftoffs in advance and shoot them down.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
It was a thing of teeth-rattling liftoffs and bone-thumping landings and a dependence on fire—fire!, the fuel of the primitives—to get anywhere at all.
From Time ● Feb. 27, 2015
The engaging Gomez’s liftoffs occur courtesy of ZFX’s flying effects.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2014
Yet that audience dwindled quickly after the first flight in 1981 as the missions turned routine, or at least seemed that way to the television executives who decided to stop showing live liftoffs.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2011
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