Sentences with phrase «rocket boosters into»

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The rocket booster and the spaceship take off, load the spaceship into orbit.

The booster pushes the top of the rocket (including the payload) about 40 miles into the sky, then detaches, lands back on the surface, and gets refurbished — a clever method that saves the company millions per mission.

In December 2015, SpaceX did something no commercial aerospace company had done before: It launched a satellite into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, then safely landed the rocket's lower half, called a first - stage booster, on a launchpad.

(Block - five will help the company launch heavier payloads into higher orbits around Earth while being able to land and reuse its boosters, which are the most expensive part of a rocket.)

SpaceX successfully landed all three boosters that propelled the rocket, but the rocket's second stage, with the Roadster on top, was launched into an orbit around the sun.

All at the ready here to place the Orcs into their very own rocket booster capsule for propulsion into outer space.

Others want to use Brexit to put rocket boosters under our current economic system's insecurities and inequalities, turning Britain into a deregulated corporate tax haven with low wages, limited rights, and cut - price public services in what would be a destructive race to the bottom.

So just as we have done with the police, we'll put rocket boosters under direct entry and fast - track schemes to attract the very best into managing the prison system so that it can benefit from greater diversity, fresh ideas and new leadership.

Although the spacecraft was lifted into Earth orbit faultlessly, it then failed to respond to commands from the ground and did not ignite its booster rockets which would set it on course for Phobos.

The Dream Chaser team touts the craft's advantages: its reusability, its horizontal landings (as opposed to the Soyuz - style parachute landings for a space capsule), and the reliability of the Atlas V rocket booster that will put it into orbit.

The early Falcon 9 booster landing attempts were over the open ocean, with the rockets either slamming into the sea hard, or hovering over the waves before tipping over.

The PAL foam separated from the tank about the time that the solid rocket boosters fell away, 2 minutes and 5 seconds into the flight.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Powered aloft by its lone RD - 180 rocket engine and four Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ60A solid rocket boosters, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 launched the GOES - S weather satellite into orbit on behalf of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Here we have a cel - shaded Sci - Fi platformer that straps you into a sleek mech suit, points you at sprawling versatile levels and then lights the blue touch paper under massive rocket boosters.