rocket power
Example Sentences
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Less than half an hour later, Collins gave Columbia a spurt of rocket power and dashed some two miles ahead, allowing Eagle flying room.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2019
Officially, the Taepodong-1 was intended to launch a satellite, but it relied on the same technology and rocket power as an intercontinental ballistic missile.
From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2018
The core stage is more than 200 feet tall and additional rocket power will be needed to propel the astronauts back to Earth.
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2015
“Ignition! #SpaceShipTwo is flying under rocket power again. Stay tuned for updates,” Virgin Galactic tweeted at 1:07 p.m.
From Washington Post
But it had only been fairly recently that man had begun to think seriously about using rocket power to leave the surface of the earth.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
