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

"The fact that it can is a major breakthrough because this is now a pathfinder project for similar projects in Europe."

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2022

Diggins arrived the Beijing Games as a leader of the U.S. team, a pathfinder who had showed other American cross-country skiers that they could compete with the Scandinavians who have long dominated the sport.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2022

Right now, the company is working toward a pathfinder mission that would send a test robot to the Earth-Moon Lagrange point as early as spring of 2024.

From The Verge • Feb. 3, 2022

Basil Stag Hare, camouflage expert and foot fighter, in the lead; Jess Squirrel, champion climber and pathfinder, close behind him.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques