liftoff

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The boosters disconnect from the Core Stage shortly after liftoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

If Wednesday's launch is cancelled or delayed for any reason, there are more liftoff opportunities through April 6.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

This time the FAA gave pilots a heads-up an hour and 40 minutes before liftoff.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

The risk that January evening was from an experimental SpaceX rocket ship that exploded minutes after liftoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Finally, at eleven minutes and forty-two seconds after liftoff, we arrived in orbit, one hundred miles up at a speed of 18,0 miles an hour.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins