atmosphere

Example Sentences

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As the countdown clock restarted, the atmosphere turned to electric anticipation.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The agency has adjusted the spacecraft's trajectory so that the angle of re-entry into the atmosphere should be slightly less severe for the shield.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The capsule will carry the first Black person, first woman and first non-American to travel around the moon — potentially traveling farther and reentering the Earth’s atmosphere faster than any other human mission in history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Adora is also a participant in this toxic atmosphere, both victim and conspirator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

According to this concept you first needed to blast out of the atmosphere and stabilize a mother spacecraft inside of Earth’s orbit.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson