Sentence examples for schedule liftoff from inspiring English sources
I suggested that we schedule liftoff in conjunction with the forty-fifth anniversary of Apollo 11, the most famous space flight in history, but that was a no-go, as Steve Wong had dental work scheduled for the third week of July.
Then, later: "I suggested that we schedule liftoff in conjunction with the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11, the most famous space flight in history, but that was a no-go, as Steve Wong had dental work scheduled for the third week of July".
At 31 seconds before the scheduled liftoff, the countdown clock halted.
The launching was called off at 4 30 a.m., nine minutes before the scheduled liftoff.
An oxygen leak forced NASA today to postpone the launching of the space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station about three hours before its scheduled liftoff Monday morning.
A1 Leak Delays Shuttle Launching An oxygen leak forced NASA to postpone the launching of the space shuttle Endeavour about three hours before its scheduled liftoff.
The 11-day mission is scheduled for liftoff at 5 04 a.m. at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A humanoid dextrous robot — at least the top half — already exists: Robonaut 2, developed by NASA and General Motors, is packed on the shuttle Discovery, scheduled for liftoff on Wednesday.
Titusville, about 10 miles from space center, is a small, sleepy and, some might say, seedy town with a handful of not too luxurious motels and hotels that jack up their prices whenever there is a scheduled shuttle liftoff.
His duties during this mission, scheduled for liftoff at 7 55 p.m. on Friday, include operating the robotic arms of the station and shuttle, and transferring cargo onto the station that the shuttle brought up from Earth.
NASA's remaining orbiter, the Atlantis, is scheduled for liftoff June 28 on the shuttle program's 135th flight, the final chapter in a post-Apollo initiative that produced what is arguably the most complex, capable and costly manned rockets ever built.
