| The tank will no longer have thick foam insulation on the spot where it tore off Columbia at liftoff. |
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| The shifts are not only quick, but require very little throttle liftoff to change gears. |
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| It began descending at full throttle and crashed one mile from the point of its liftoff. |
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| The extra propellant provides an additional 50 tonnes of thrust in the first 20 seconds following liftoff. |
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| When all of these steps have been completed, a complete dress rehearsal of the final days of the countdown and liftoff is conducted. |
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| After liftoff, at nearly 100 percent of rated thrust, the engine throttles back momentarily. |
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| An autonomous telemetry system transmitted data on the payload environment during all the flight phases, from liftoff to in-orbit injection. |
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| Shortly after liftoff, the number three Wright radial experienced a momentary surge in power but then stabilized. |
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| Ariane 44L carries four large liquid strap-on boosters to augment the launcher's thrust at liftoff and during the initial ascent. |
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| During its two-minute burn at liftoff, each motor generates an average thrust of 2.6 million pounds. |
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| Footage also shows the fuel tank's nose cone hit a bird just seconds after liftoff yesterday. |
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| The X Prize just might hasten liftoff for affordable, everyday space travel. |
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| They were warned that the space shuttle could fail catastrophically if debris hit the vulnerable underside of its wings during liftoff. |
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| She was distracted from her ranting by a staticky voice over the comm informing them they were cleared for liftoff. |
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| That's because the negative of a quicker liftoff by the Fed is more than offset by the positive of a lower long-run natural rate. |
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| An optional oscillating charge bar can be added to the pneumatic liftoff version to reduce paper dust, ink build-up and streaking in the print. |
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| Ninety-seven minutes after liftoff, the satellite separated from the rocket's second stage. |
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| Four of the teams worked on a rotational basis around the clock in nine-hour shifts, while the fifth managed liftoff and landing. |
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| If a problem is spotted that cannot be fixed by the scheduled time for liftoff, the mission is postponed. |
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| Everyone was in a panic in the Control Center because the Control Center also gets the indication of liftoff and shutdown, in that order. |
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| The AXESS 2 AIR allows a lot of freedom-of-movement on the ground, and is easy to sit into after liftoff. |
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| For example, after the shuttle has entered orbit, the cargo bay doors open to help release much of the pent-up heat created during liftoff and ascent. |
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| She watched the liftoff from a boat floating down the Banana River near the launch site in Florida. |
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| Separation of the boosters took place 2 m 30 s after liftoff, shortly followed by first stage burnout, separation and the ignition of the launcher's second stage. |
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| Metal fatigue is one concern, damage incurred during liftoff is another. |
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| They tell Sandra McElwaine about their orbital road trip ahead of Scott's liftoff this week. |
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| The tail of the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle was engulfed seconds before the planned liftoff, disappointing hundreds, including space scientists. |
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| Four minutes and 45 seconds after liftoff the capsule will begin decelerating by extending a set of speed brakes located near the nose of the capsule. |
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| But 20 minutes before liftoff, a problem was detected that may involve the recorder's random-access memory, which stores data short-term, Tanner said. |
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| And as for us, the crew, we will be ready several hours ahead, snuggly strapped inside the Shuttle, with the hatch closed, waiting for liftoff. |
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| After liftoff, the aircraft reached tree-top height but would not continue to climb or accelerate. |
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| But inside the vehicle an enormous number of events are occurring in a rigidly controlled sequence to make the liftoff a reality. |
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| However, the April launch failed soon after liftoff and plunged into the Pacific Ocean, similar to a 2006 launch that failed on liftoff. |
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| A look at the statistics from the past three years-approximately-shows that three out of eight tests failed even though the exact location, the time of liftoff, the trajectory and the final destination were known. |
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| Minutes after liftoff from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Soviet Central Asia, Buran separated from Energia. |
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| After liftoff, the pilot took up a heading of approximately 230º magnetic. |
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| From the moment the giant solid rocket boosters ignited at liftoff until after the landing gear wheels rolled to a stop at the end of the flight, Mission Control was the hub of communication and support for Columbia. |
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| Because of the time delay, capturing the launch and the ascent of the lunar module required the camera operators to anticipate the launch by zooming the television camera back and tilting it up before liftoff. |
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| A second test-flight of the missile on 15 July 2000 was reported to be an unqualified success, while in a third-on 21 September 2000-the missile was said to have exploded shortly after liftoff. |
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| The crew of this mission, including the first teacher in space Christa McAuliffe, are all killed when Challenger explodes, 73 seconds after liftoff. Arm 302 is also lost. |
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| After liftoff, when the aircraft attains a positive rate of climb, the bomb door armed switch on the centre panel is selected ON, and the bomb doors can then be opened by the bomb door push button on the yoke. |
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| Our jettisons are armed from liftoff to landing, anytime we are carrying ordnance. |
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| Both vehicles are approximately 55 feet in overall length and weigh 50,000 pounds at liftoff, not including the satellite payload. |
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| Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void. |
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| Nasa attributes the Columbia disaster to a piece of insulating foam that fell off the main booster rocket during liftoff and hit the shuttle's wing. |
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| Donnchadh and Gwalcmai, along with the other fourteen teams selected for planetary infiltration, had been put into deep sleep shortly after liftoff from their planet. |
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| The Orion, which had not yet been elevated to its intended liftoff angle, took off almost horizontally, traveling about 300 feet before hitting the water. |
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