Sentence examples for vanguard 1 from inspiring English sources

She introduced us to Vanguard 1, the oldest human-made object in space, and the first to use solar power.

It may have been small but its ambitions were big: Vanguard 1 proved that Earth is not a perfect sphere but closer to being ever so slightly pear-shaped.

Its predecessor, Vanguard 1, was launched on March 17 , 1958 and was designed to demonstrate the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle and to examine the environmental effects of space on satellite and instrument hardware.

And it makes sense: careers are built on 'owning' a socially approved angle on a profitable commodity, such as being a 60s radical, or vanguard 70s "gay activist".

The Soviet vanguard 201st and 256th Rifle Divisions attacked the Tannenberg Line and conquered part of the Lastekodumägi, the easternmost of the three hills in the area.

1399 women were recruited into the initial vanguard cohort: 429 preconception (198 trying for pregnancy, and 231 not trying) and 970 already pregnant.

3D ultrasound technology is currently the vanguard, and 3D ultrasound skills are increasing in demand.

A vanguard of 100 troops flew into Bagram Air Base north of Kabul after the Taliban fled the capital.

THE cancer drugs produced at Genentech's gleaming factory here are the vanguard of 21-century biotechnology.

The final shot of the Terra series shows the vanguard of 12,000 marchers breaking open the padlock and entering a vast estate owned by an absentee landlord.

Taking a tip from a fund manager, Harris began building a position in American Vanguard (rank 23), a small pesticide company, in 1989.