Sentence examples for at the launchpad from inspiring English sources

(Sometimes the spacecraft and the launch vehicle are mated only at the launchpad).

We figured, theoretically, that's all we need," Dorian said, sitting next to Ilissa in a white-board-filled conference room at the Launchpad office one recent morning.

There was a three-minute delay while engineers confirmed the complete retraction of the gaseous vent arm at the launchpad before the countdown resumed.

After the delays and postponement on Thursday, flight controllers had been concerned that the launching might be postponed again because of high winds at the launchpad.

Prasad believes that tech venture fellows at the Launchpad are important in connecting the academic discovery with business innovation.

So far, however, there has been no missile on the launchpad at Sohae.

The launch had been uncertain until late in the morning, with meteorologists warning of inclement weather conditions closing in on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

SpaceX is reeling after an early-morning explosion took out its rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral.

Brazil's space program suffered a major setback when its VLS-1 launcher exploded on the launchpad at its Alcântara facility on August 22, killing 21 engineers and technicians.

The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo capsule onboard, on the launchpad at Nasa's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as the sun rose on 26 October.

Peake's family, including his wife, their two young sons and his parents, will be watching from the observation site a mile from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as the Soyuz rocket lifts off carrying the first Briton to join the European Space Agency's astronaut corps.