capsule
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Early in the ascent, mission controllers deliberately triggered an escape system that pulled an unmanned Mengzhou capsule away from the rocket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
They used precision-milled steel to construct the capsule and designed a special bell jar to surround it in a layer of dry air, protecting the inside from the moist soil of the American northeast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Then he could have released an image of himself in the Artemis space capsule and told us he’s an astronaut and he’s thinking of building a string of Trump hotels on the moon.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
With the crew getting used to microgravity, live video was streamed back to Earth from inside their capsule.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Now I imagine us crammed inside a space capsule, headed for who knows where.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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