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Plus, Wintour brought her back to Vogue ahead of the Biden administration to style her first-ever cover of the mother ship magazine, which featured Kamala Harris, then vice president-elect, and brought things full circle.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

There, Roy Neary, played by Richard Dreyfuss, is invited into the mother ship to travel with them into space.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

A sprawling search and rescue mission involving four governments unfolded after the submersible lost contact with its mother ship, the Polar Prince, on the morning of 18 June 2023 and never resurfaced.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2024

The Guggenheim’s mother ship interior is such a thrill that it prepares you to love whatever’s on view.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2024

Over the course of the decade, a series of space missions confirmed that the idea of having a launch vehicle that separated from the mother ship would, in fact, work.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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