There has been only one failure of a launch vehicle at liftoff that resulted in crew fatalities; this was the explosion of the Challenger, on January 28 , 1986 which killed all seven astronauts aboard.
Their album, "Smokin' Voyages," begins with a sonic liftoff that bleeds into "Sunrise," a powerhouse blues/rock track that would feel more classic without the alien noises that are interspersed throughout.
Governments that do embark on structural reform often find it frustrating to wait for that often-elusive "critical mass" of revitalised sectors to materialise; and economists find it very difficult to predict the timing and magnitude of the growth liftoff that should follow.
And, with more than one billion mobile broadband subscribers globally, the post-PC mobile computing industry is in a "Liftoff" phase that is accelerating beyond wildest expectations.
It was such a soft and gradual acceleration and liftoff that I had to look out the window to make sure we were actually flying.
For much of the year, investors have been fixated on when the Federal Reserve will achieve "liftoff" – that is, when it will raise interest rates by 25 basis points, or 0.25%, as a first step toward normalising monetary conditions.
But the IMF's experts make what they call, "the case for a later liftoff", suggesting that their analysis shows the first increase should not take place until the first half of next year.
Back on Earth, hundreds of engineers scrutinized startlingly clear pictures of the shuttle's delicate protective tiles to see whether they had sustained the kind of liftoff damage that would make it unsafe to come home.
Out process of patterning hard mask for further pattern transferring into the substrate has much lower cost than other traditional methods such as the liftoff process that involves metal evaporation.
One of the technicians preparing the capsule before final liftoff states that "after placing Laika in the container and before closing the hatch, we kissed her nose and wished her bon voyage, knowing that she would not survive the flight".
