Sentence examples for underside of the orbiter from inspiring English sources

If so, the agency may order the first spacewalk to the underside of the orbiter to correct the problem, officials said.

Under the shattering forces of liftoff, a small piece of foam, weighing about one-third of an ounce, fell from the Endeavor's external fuel tank, bounced off a strut and hit the underside of the orbiter, where it gouged a small hole in the protective heat tiles.

The mating of the two craft was preceded by an unusual orbital ballet that found Colonel Collins, who recently retired from the Air Force, and the pilot, Col. James Kelly of the Air Force, putting the shuttle through an unusual back flip to allow the station crew to take detailed photos of the underside of the orbiter to look for damage.

During liftoff a week ago, a piece of foam fell from the Endeavour's external fuel tank, bounced off a strut and hit the underside of the orbiter, an event reminiscent of the falling foam that doomed the shuttle Columbia in 2003.

The agency will also add a suite of cameras on the shuttle to examine the fuel tank and rocket boosters that separate from the orbiter during launch, as well as cameras to view the underside of the ship.

His most recent trip was on the Endeavour orbiter in 2010, when he helped fit the huge cupola bay window to the underside of the space station.

Nhu ran the underside of the Diem regime.

I also saw the underside of the Reform Party.

It lays its eggs on the underside of the leaf.

Kids crayon their names on the underside of the fuselage.

But this phrase hardly describes the underside of the boomtown.