liftoff

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The solid rocket boosters for SLS, made by Northrop Grumman, are 17-story-tall devices that burn more than 11,000 pounds of propellant a second during liftoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

After liftoff, the team will not immediately head towards the Moon, instead entering orbit around Earth.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

This time the FAA gave pilots a heads-up an hour and 40 minutes before liftoff.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

The risk that January evening was from an experimental SpaceX rocket ship that exploded minutes after liftoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

The assembled crowd cheered it on its way. "... and liftoff of the Iris supply probe," the timer controller said.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir