blast off
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In the fourth, he mashed a two-run blast off the right-field scoreboard for his third multi-homer game of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
China, after all, is scheduled to put men on the moon by 2030, though not before Artemis III and IV blast off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
I was filled with the same hope I had as a pre-teen watching Apollo 11 blast off for the historic moon landing.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
Artemis II is slated to blast off at about 6:24 p.m.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
The Lunar Lander needed to be able to blast off from the moon and reconnect with the mother ship for the trip back to Earth.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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