orbit
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The U.S. could keep powerful munitions in orbit to be deployed quickly and without risk to American troops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The U.S. could keep powerful munitions in orbit to be deployed quickly and without risk to American troops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
A new study suggests that aging stars may be wiping out the giant planets that orbit closest to them.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
The burn took the Orion spacecraft out of Earth orbit as the four astronauts aboard aim to travel the more than 200,000 miles to the Moon.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
On June 14, the three women watched as Valery Bykovsky was launched into orbit in Vostok 5 at 2:59 PM Moscow time.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
