Sentence examples for rocket liftoff from inspiring English sources

The height is lofty but still measurable in human terms — it's the heart-stopping altitude of the tightrope walker, the altitude of prophetic ascension and rocket liftoff.

A launch opportunity could also be opened up between 8 and 10 July if Nasa officials can negotiate a delay in the planned Delta IV rocket liftoff from Cape Canaveral next week.

His subjects include the ruins of the World Trade Center, atomic-bomb tests, a rocket liftoff, and an exploratory vehicle on the surface of the moon, but charged historic images are outnumbered by generic landscapes (forests, lakes, and rushing rivers) that flirt with romance only to deny its possibility.

But for her New Year's run at the Blue Note, she's bringing the same strong touring band she has played with for the last few years, including the guitarist MARVIN SEWELL and the harmonica player GREGOIRE MARET -- who makes every solo a rocket liftoff -- so it's not a risk to recommend it.

Eastern time, when after weeks of delays the rocket achieved liftoff.

Clearly you cannot see the rocket's liftoff the moment it occurs, since the light from its blast must travel 240,000 miles to the Earth.

Should President Obama or a future president decide to use the technology to go to Mars or another planet, "we have a very good, very logical development path" to ready rockets for liftoff, Houts said.

Children 7 to 9 can participate in another Saturday workshop for air-powered rockets; their liftoffs will happen the same day.

The Russian Soyuz rocket malfunctioned on liftoff.

Relief greeted the Naro rocket's flawless liftoff from a space centre on the south coast at 4pm local time.

Another KH-11 satellite - they usually operate in pairs - was lost last August when another Titan rocket exploded after liftoff here.