Sentences with phrase «lifted off»

The warm - up, preignition, and main combustion initiation sequence of the R - 7 took 10 to 15 seconds to gather force before the rocket lifted off.

Nearly three months after 9/11, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off on its STS - 108 mission to the International Space Station.

At around 1425 US Mountain Standard Time (2025 GMT), Module 1 lifted off for its return flight.

The fastest spacecraft when it was launched, New Horizons lifted off in January 2006.

At just about 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Chang» e-5 Test 1 (CE5 - T1) spacecraft lifted off aboard a Long March rocket for an unmanned dash to the moon and back that aims to test technology for a sample return mission planned for 2017 and, a decade from now, possibly landing astronauts on the moon.

Like Southwood, he was at Kourou when the rocket lifted off on the morning of June 4.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon spacecraft loaded with nearly 2.5 tons of supplies and experiment hardware for the International Space Station's Expedition 39 crew, lifted off at 3:25 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Just like later birds, these predatory dinosaurs had feathers — long before Archaeopteryx lifted itself off the ground.

The crew of the final Apollo mission lifted off from the moon's Sea of Serenity on 14 December 1972, and the last robotic Soviet spacecraft to make it to the surface was in 1976.

After numerous delays, the first of five orbiters, Columbia, lifted off on 12 April 1981.

His house was one of 11 that was literally lifted off of its base by a wall of snow.

We lifted off.

The magnetization in some of the samples, the scientists write, was strong enough for them to be lifted off a table surface by a small magnet.

The US$ 465 - million Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 lifted off just before 3 AM local time (11 AM British Summer Time) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, after a 1 - day delay caused by technical issues with the launchpad.

In April 1998, a modified space - launch configuration of the vehicle lifted off with a small satellite onboard; Western observers concluded that the launch failed.

The reason is simple: the Dreamliner probably incorporates the broadest collection of untested aviation technologies since the Wright Flyer lifted off the beach at Kitty Hawk in 1903.

When a Delta II rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral (video) shortly after sunrise last September 27 and shoved Dawn onto its 3.2 - billion - mile journey, he finally let out a deep sigh of relief; for a long time it had not been clear that NASA could muster the money and the technology to make the mission happen.

Add critical credibility factors to the mix and it's as though that same milk has been spilled just as one end of the table is being lifted off the ground.

They're considered more aerodynamic because their simple design keeps them from being lifted off of the glass easily in wind and rain.

The top part of the griddle can be lifted off and put in the dishwasher making it an easy and low - stress cleaning process.

So when a photo emerged showing a frog flying alongside NASA's Minotaur V rocket as it lifted off from it's launchpad in Virginia earlier this month carrying the LADEE spacecraft towards the moon it was an immediate hit.

When the medics finally lifted off the pillow case and cut the spit mask free, Metcalf was in cardiac arrest, and his face was bloated and cherry red, the state report said.

That is a great burden lifted off the shoulders of parents by Nana Akufo - Addo's government,» he said.

A weight lifted off the old shoulders.

Trump's infrastructure plan so far has not lifted off the ground amid congressional debates on health care legislation and, likely coming next, tax cuts.

She insisted that if Britain was to thrive again then the heavy hand of the state bureaucracy had to be lifted off the British people so that they could engage with one another as they saw fit and prosper.

«If the burden of Medicaid were lifted off the backs of our county property taxpayers we could cut every homeowner and businesses» property taxes by 54 %,» said Rensselaer County Executive Kathy Jimino.

Thanks to the Pebble's memory buttons, the car seat can easily be lifted off the pushchair frame.

He was perfect - a screaming newborn mess, lifted off my stomach -LSB-...]

My grandfather was a finish carpent (the kind who would do fine work life framing windows as well as framing houses and made a craddle that could be lifted off the rockers to sit on the floor.

She said that once she stopped breast feeding, a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders.

I am sorry this is so terribly long but it has been nice to put it out there and feel like the burden is somewhat lifted off my shoulders.

The car's hood can also be easily lifted off to reveal a snack tray.

It was literally... I cried that last feeding and then stopped, and then it felt like a ton had been lifted off my shoulders, a huge weight.

Near the end of the 1st trimester, many expectant moms have a huge weight lifted off their shoulders.

My boy was happy and confident and I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders!

His eyes were saucers as we lifted off the ground.

A huge burden lifted off me, as if all at once.

And after reading Paula's advice, I now feel a burden has been lifted off of my shoulders.

I left his office that day feeling like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders.

It is also alternatively known as a travel system where a detachable baby seat is lifted off the stroller carrier and is then placed in the car.

It was just a huge weight lifted off my shoulders and then I can live on to worrying about something else.

I feel like a huge weight was lifted off my chest.

When I cleaned out the basement of our rental I felt that a weight was lifted off of my shoulders.

Barbra: She was the pregnant woman who was air lifted off the roof.

The roof was well and truly lifted off the John Smith's Stadium as the scenes of utter jubilation amongst the sea of Blue and White was filled with unrivalled emotion and relief as Town took an almighty step to securing that pivotal place in the Premier League.

When I finally scored against Swansea, 11 months after signing, the roof lifted off Old Trafford.

After that shock win at home to Liverpool last week the pressure has been lifted off Burnley and they can almost treat this as a free hit.

Ross County have lifted themselves off the bottom of the table with two incredible home results.

Almirola had no way of slowing down in time to avoid it and slid into their crashing cars with such force all four wheels were lifted off the ground.