pathfinder
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The first launch will send Blue Origin's lander pathfinder into orbit, where it can remain for several weeks while waiting for the crew.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
"We set high standards, it can be a pathfinder, it can be a test-bed that we do together before it is expanded to the broader region," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 14, 2023
This mission, called CAPSTONE, is meant to serve as a pathfinder.
From The Verge ● Jun. 28, 2022
Mr. Cerruti was a pathfinder in other ways.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Peter went on ahead, our pathfinder as usual, while I led Marlene, with Karli riding up on her, all of us knowing we owed our lives to that extraordinary and wonderful lady.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
During the coldest months, icebreakers keep Finland's ports open, and work as pathfinders for big cargo ships.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
But in science, private donors often act as pathfinders for government investment in difficult research.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
This was a night for powerful women and pathfinders like Burnett and Close.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2019
Bit by bit, McClellan, Tarter and other historians and lawmakers are highlighting the names and deeds of those early African American pathfinders.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018
The first pair, who would be the pathfinders and blaze the trail for those coming after, would leave at ten o'clock, the next pair twenty minutes later, then the next, and so on.
From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
