Sentence examples for shuttle launched from inspiring English sources

The shuttle launched successfully 112 times and failed twice.

The project culminated last fall when a Russian space shuttle launched from Kazakhstan carrying 100 images (chosen or shot by Paglen) encoded onto a silicone disc that is meant to remain in orbit long after the planet is gone.

They effectively declared the mildly abnormal normal, making deviant behavior acceptable, right up until the moment when, after the shuttle launched on a particularly cold Florida morning in 1986, its O-rings failed catastrophically and the ship broke apart.

A small bat that attached itself to one of Space Shuttle Discovery's fuel tanks and "apparently clung for dear life to the side of the tank while the shuttle launched," according to ABC News.

Frances and Michael VanKulick lived so close to Kennedy Space Center that the windows of their house would rattle every time a space shuttle launched.

Last week, Norwegian Air Shuttle launched non-stop service between New York and London, as the first budget airline to fly the route since Laker Airways in 1977.

Some foam had fallen on every shuttle launching.

"I've seen a lot of launches," said Michael D. Leinbach, the shuttle launching director.

But because the Ares I-X is a new design, the weather criteria were stricter than for a shuttle launching.

After observing a shuttle launching while on vacation in Florida, Mr. Parsons said, he decided to join the space program.

Business is not bad now, Mr. Williams said, but nothing comes close to a day with a shuttle launching.