pathfinder
Example Sentences
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"We set high standards, it can be a pathfinder, it can be a test-bed that we do together before it is expanded to the broader region," he said.
From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2023
“I do see this as a pathfinder for how we can help facilitate commercial missions beyond Earth,” Mr. Baker said.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2022
ESA has long planned its own gravitational-wave observatory, LISA, and has already flown a successful pathfinder.
From Scientific American • Feb. 24, 2022
Right now, the company is working toward a pathfinder mission that would send a test robot to the Earth-Moon Lagrange point as early as spring of 2024.
From The Verge • Feb. 3, 2022
Peter went on ahead, our pathfinder as usual, while I led Marlene, with Karli riding up on her, all of us knowing we owed our lives to that extraordinary and wonderful lady.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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