Stories tagged “Launch”
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First Flight
The countdown was T-plus twenty minutes ago. The celebration back on Earth was winding down as people were surly filing to their cars cursing and spitting at the blazing hot Florida sun and how it made the leather fasten to the backs of their legs like...
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With the Stars
Damien gazed up at the night sky, then down upon the vessel they had constructed. “Do you think this is going to work, sir?” The Master paused in his final launch preparations to consider the question. “Every wizard, mage, and acolyte...
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Wilson
10 9 8 Ignition Sequence Start. The turbo pumps came to life. He could feel the rocket move. Vibrations, squeals and rumbles from below. 6 5 4 Ignition. He could hear the roar. A violent guttural growl as his capsule shook like a terriers tail. 2 The v...
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Prepping to Launch
So we’d been sent up to screw the bulb back in. A routine mission. But even now, two hundred years after Gagarin and Glen, nothing about space travel is ever routine. There’s too much that can go wrong. It’s funny to say that, given t...
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Lift off
Chemical rockets roared beneath them, a deep, almost melodious sound that they felt in their stomachs. Lucy could hear Maris shouting something over the roar and the captain responding, they worked at consoles with relaxed speed from years of practice....