orbital
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Adenot completed three spacewalks while also becoming the first French woman to venture outside the orbital outpost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Four new crew members for the International Space Station blasted off Thursday for the orbital laboratory where they will stay for approximately six months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Now in its initial orbital mission, Starship is expected to fly at an altitude about 275 kilometers above Earth and complete as many as six orbits around the planet over the course of several hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
SpaceX's Starship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after completing about three hours of orbital flight.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A well-executed suborbital flight would buy the United States a little breathing room; but orbital flight—the end game of Project Mercury— was infinitely more complex.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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