capsule
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Early in the ascent, mission controllers deliberately triggered an escape system that pulled an unmanned Mengzhou capsule away from the rocket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Taxpayers deserve a break after sinking $70 billion into an Artemis launch and capsule system that’s already obsolete.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
A mission operator engineer at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, he spent the flight glued to live radio links from the Orion capsule, listening in on real‑time chatter between the spacecraft and Houston.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
It’s a time capsule of the music that I’ve been inspired by, from yacht music to alternative rock to funk.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Even if the capsule were to shoot off into the air directly overhead and come back down in the same straight line, it would land in a different spot, because Earth had moved.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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