Sentence examples similar to commanding endeavor from inspiring English sources
He retired from NASA after commanding the space shuttle Endeavor's last flight in 2011 to spend time with his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a gunshot to the head during an assassination attempt in Tucson in January 2011.
The ceremony for the astronauts, now in their 80s and 90s, was attended by Mark E. Kelly, the former astronaut who commanded the shuttle Endeavor's last mission to the International Space Station this summer and is married to Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Democrat who was wounded in the Tuscon shootings in January.
He is scheduled to command space shuttle Endeavor on April 19. Kelly is the son of one of New Jersey's first female police officers.
He thought that the convulsive things that were happening to him were the result of his endeavor to become more confident, poised, and commanding.
It is hard to imagine the endeavor that would sufficiently command Bloomberg's restless ambition and vanity.
An ascent up the ranks of the interwar Army to command his nation's greatest military endeavor during World War II, the D-Day invasion, required formidable political talent.
Indeed, Kelly, who commanded the last flight of the Endeavor shuttle, reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that America stays a leader in human spaceflight.
The dignity code commanded its followers to be disinterested — to endeavor to put national interests above personal interests.
As Andrew Porter wrote in this magazine, the Christie production "was the first endeavor in over two hundred years to present a Lully opera with resources approaching those the composer commanded".
