Is it your dream to see the space shuttle lift off -- in person?
If there is positive news then there is lift off in the share prices.
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Instead of being triggered by the brake pedal, it only kicks in when you lift off the accelerator.
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Weck's glass jars are slightly stouter and ideal for grains the necks are wider and the lids lift off.
Mr Kelly is commander of the Endeavour, due to lift off on Friday.
If Nasa fails to fly Atlantis in that time, the next opportunity to lift off during daylight is in late October.
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These include trying to reduce the levels of vibration astronauts are likely to experience when they lift off atop the new Ares vehicle.
However, the proposal would only affect the two men due to lift off in October, not the crew due to launch in a week.
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And on Wednesday, they have another mission scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center that's going to send a probe to Mars.
For the rest of us - marvelling at the heaviest vehicle ever to lift off the ground - it was nothing short of magic.
The helicopters lift off from the Kandahar airbase and head to Zargaran, stopping halfway, where more choppers carrying regular Afghan army soldiers join the operation.
If their revenues lift off next year, earnings turn explosive.
And as long as you don't lift off the throttle in a bend, the car will stay put and, at worst, under-steer slightly right near the edge of sane driving speeds.
There is no better feeling for a trader who buys markets on pullback than to sell them into strength, but there is a bit of melancholy knowing that as markets lift off, there will be fewer and fewer pullbacks to buy.
In the most concentrated areas, he says, it could be compared to products you would clean your kitchen with, causing dry or cracked skin, or - in cases of prolonged contact - it can "lift off the top layer of your skin".
Oil wants to blast off but the lift-off is heavy and forced.
The rocket had been due to take off on Wednesday, but lift-off was cancelled three hours before launch after fire extinguishing fluids were detected leaking from parts of the equipment.
Once I surrendered, I was so drained I couldn't lift myself off the bed.
For Elon Musk, the CEO and chief designer at SpaceX, Tuesday's lift-off was a special moment.
In 1986, seven astronauts died after the Challenger space shuttle exploded 72 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral.
It had to be engaged somehow if the ascent engine was to fire and lift us off the surface.
George is already taller than me and can lift me off the ground.
The lift-off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana was originally scheduled for 23:06 local time on Friday (02:06 GMT, Saturday).
If Glenn was rattled by last week's lift-off he didn't say, but from the ground, the trip to orbit looked smooth.
"This mission represents the power of teamwork, commitment and exploration, " the commander said in a radio call to launch controllers moments before lift-off.
Remember wondering what it would be like to fly a kite big enough to lift you off the ground, like Mary Poppins and her umbrella?
The Zenit-3SL rocket, which was being operated from a floating pad south of the Hawaiian islands, failed 40 seconds after the lift-off at 06:56 GMT.
Mike Huckabee's conservative campaign never really achieved lift-off in the primaries.
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