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Ending an era in U.S. rocketry, United Launch Alliance fired off its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy Tuesday, launching a classified spy satellite in the last hurrah of a storied family of rockets dating back to the dawn of the space age.
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William Harwood, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Reimagining rocketry The space shuttle project was forged in the optimism of NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the moon and bested America’s Soviet rivals during the Cold War.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Its use as an oxygenator in rocketry was connected to a 2007 accident at a facility at Mojave Air and Space Port in California that killed three people.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
SpaceX still needs to pull off a series of formidable rocketry firsts before Starship is ready to head to the moon and beyond.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The city was also once home to the father of modern rocketry and the inventor of the smiley face.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
This is based on the facts that the shooter was working several days a week, hanging out with his friend on a regular basis, and doing things that brought him pleasure like hobbies of coin collecting and model rocketry.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
Gunfights and airstrikes While the rocketry was still underway, Hamas blasted numerous holes in the security fences between Israel and Gaza.
—Michael J. Armstrong, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
On Thursday, a rocketry team from Ontario’s York University, Arbalest Rocketry, launched its amateur ‘Goose 3’ rocket from the Spaceport Nova Scotia launchpad.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 July 2023
William Harwood, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Reimagining rocketry The space shuttle project was forged in the optimism of NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the moon and bested America’s Soviet rivals during the Cold War.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Its use as an oxygenator in rocketry was connected to a 2007 accident at a facility at Mojave Air and Space Port in California that killed three people.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
SpaceX still needs to pull off a series of formidable rocketry firsts before Starship is ready to head to the moon and beyond.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The city was also once home to the father of modern rocketry and the inventor of the smiley face.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
This is based on the facts that the shooter was working several days a week, hanging out with his friend on a regular basis, and doing things that brought him pleasure like hobbies of coin collecting and model rocketry.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
Gunfights and airstrikes While the rocketry was still underway, Hamas blasted numerous holes in the security fences between Israel and Gaza.
—Michael J. Armstrong, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
On Thursday, a rocketry team from Ontario’s York University, Arbalest Rocketry, launched its amateur ‘Goose 3’ rocket from the Spaceport Nova Scotia launchpad.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 July 2023
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“Rocketry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocketry. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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rocketry
noun
rock·et·ry
ˈräk-ə-trē 
: the study of, experimenting with, or use of rockets
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