Sentence examples for Safe touchdown from inspiring English sources

The wind was blowing too hard across the landing strip for a safe touchdown.

When the aircraft reaches a height of about 65 feet (20 metres), the landing system initiates a programmed reduction in rate of descent to ensure a firm but safe touchdown.

In July 2009, the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the store promoted a group of space exploration books including Buzz Aldrin's Teletype message of the safe touchdown, which he later signed, six volumes of limited editions by astronauts including John Glenn and Scott Carpenter.

Everything hinges on a safe touchdown, of course.

And it will test critical technologies - such as radar and guidance systems - needed for the safe touchdown of the rover two years later.

Find the windsock at the airport and see which way the wind is blowing, you want to land the plane into wind to get a safer touchdown speed.

NASA's maximum wind speed for a safe shuttle touchdown is 17 m.p.h.

But the crosswind at the landing strip was well above 17 m.p.h., NASA's maximum wind speed for a safe shuttle touchdown, a situation that recurred today.

Here are their five key steps to the safest possible touchdown: The Rosetta mission was meant to target a relatively small and smooth comet known as 46P/Wirtanen.

The Cowboys' max-protection formations kept Jon Kitna (324 yards, 3 touchdown passes) safe and allowed him to carve up the secondary.

Griffin charged over from five metres for his first Leeds try to cut the deficit but Charnley made the game safe with an easy touchdown to complete his hat-trick after O'Loughlin had combined superbly with Brett Finch and Leuluai.