Sentence examples for mission aborted from inspiring English sources
Once American intelligence confirmed who was responsible and where the attack had been planned, President Reagan approved a joint French-American air assault on the camp — only to have the mission aborted just before launching by the secretary of defense, Caspar Weinberger.
The Apollo 15 commander, David Scott, spoke to the press; he recalled the Gemini 8 mission with Armstrong when he spoke, possibly for the first time, about an incident in which glue spilled on his harness and prevented it from locking correctly minutes before the hatch had to be sealed or the mission aborted.
My personal illustrative moment was seeing a beat-up old Mini barreling through Brighton; blasting out distorted gabba on a crap soundsystem and in place of the standard "ON A MISSION" rear window sticker, so symbolic of the "go-get-'em" energy of rave, they had "MISSION ABORTED".
Funding must be cut, programs discontinued, missions aborted.
Mission Control orders that the mission be aborted and the shuttle begin re-entry immediately because the debris is speeding towards the telescope.
Aspects such as mission abort scenarios and vehicle reusability are also discussed.
Lastly, the possibilities of mission abort are examined considering a free return scenario and an anytime abort.
Houston warns, "Mission abort!" — but, despite the incoming space junk, the oblivious astronauts continue to "fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way".
