In the event of a launch abort, the LES would fire for one second, pulling the spacecraft and astronaut away from the launch vehicle and a possible explosion.

As a result of the dispute, IBM signed the license agreement 15 minutes before Microsoft's Windows 95 launch event, which was later than their competitors and this badly hurt sales of IBM PCs.

On March 5, 2011, The Presidents performed a new tribute song, " Can't Stop ( Catchin ' ' Em All )" at the Nintendo World launch event for the video games Pokémon Black and White.

While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the Space Age.

On June 14, 2009, GameStop used an outgoing phone message pre-recorded by Aykroyd to invite pre-order customers to the launch event at 10 p. m.

The extremely high performance would permit even a late launch to succeed, and the vehicle could effectively transfer a large amount of kinetic energy to the asteroid by simple impact, and in the event of an imminent asteroid impact a few predicted deaths from fallout would probably not be considered prohibitive.

Even though the “ fault ” may vary dramatically, a FTA follows the same procedure for an event, be it a delay of 0. 25 msec for the generation of electrical power, or the random, unintended launch of an ICBM.

One of Oberth's main assignments was to build and launch a rocket as a publicity event just before the film's premiere.

Rock the Canyon: Art & Music Festival is an annual event in the community of Shonto since its initial launch in 2009.

This event becomes the apparent casus belli for the Soviet Union to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States and her allies.

There will be a launch event on Saturday, 27 October 2012.

Argentina was originally planned to begin hosting a tenth event in the 2012 – 13 season, but that tournament's launch will now be delayed until 2013 – 14.

However, on 16 August, the Argentine Rugby Union announced that it would delay the launch of its event until the 2013 – 14 series, citing demands associated with the 2012 entry of the country's 15-a-side team into The Rugby Championship.

There was no provision for crew escape in the event of a launch or landing emergency.

There was no provision for escape for the crewmen in the event of a launch or landing emergency.

There was no provision for crew escape in the event of a launch or landing emergency.

The most significant event of 1969 for the GTO was the launch of a new model called ' The Judge '.

Japan's cabinet examined approval of a JMSDF AEGIS BMD engagement in the event of a failure of the Taepondong launch.

During a media launch event for an anti-litter campaign with Margaret Thatcher, Ridley was seen during the whole event with a cigarette in his mouth.

Kevin Maguire, associate editor of the Mirror, spoke at the Jarrow launch rally, following the Socialist Party's Coventry councillor Dave Nellist, as featured on a number of Socialist Party videos about the event.

Wasserfall was to be launched from rocket bases ( code-named Vesuvius ) that could tolerate leaked hypergolic fuels in the event of a launch problem.

The launch was widely heralded in the official Chinese state media with newspapers devoting far more space to the launch than any recent event.

It was a quarter of seven when the crowd washed me up among the other gallants who had established the Astor steps as the beach-head from which to launch their night of merrymaking.

This meeting was called to determine how these groups might cooperate to launch what is known as the Outdoor Education Project.

** Atlas III was a US launch vehicle ( 2000 – 2005 )

A port was in development for the 5200 and advertised as a launch title but never officially released, although an unofficial release was produced by AtariAge.

The Atari 7800 version was a launch title and featured co-operative play, it was the built in game on the European Atari 7800 release.

NASA's planned Space Interferometry Mission ( SIM PlanetQuest ) ( now cancelled ) was to utilize astrometric techniques to detect terrestrial planets orbiting 200 or so of the nearest solar-type stars, and the European Space Agency's GAIA ( due to launch in 2012 ), which will be applying astrometric techniques in its stellar census.

It was also clear NASA would soon outgrow its practice of controlling missions from its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch facilities in Florida, so a new Mission Control Center would be included in the MSC.

Alfred determined their strategy was to launch smaller scaled attacks from a secure and reinforced defensible base which they could retreat to should their raiders meet strong resistance.

He never contracted the illness, but was nevertheless removed from the crew and replaced by back-up Jack Swigert three days prior to the launch.

The launch of Apollo 16 was delayed one month from 17 March to 16 April.

This was the first launch delay in the Apollo program due to a technical problem.

In January 1972, three months before the planned April launch date, a fuel tank in the Command Module was accidentally damaged during a routine test.

The rocket was returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building, the fuel tank replaced and the rocket returned to the launch pad in February in time for the scheduled launch.

The launch itself was nominal, with the crew experiencing vibration similar to that of previous crews.

In July 2011, after returning the piece of debris at NASA's request, the sixteen-year-old Schanze was given an all-access tour of the Kennedy Space Center as well as VIP seating for the launch of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.

By late 1983 it was clear that IBM's Token Ring would not be ready in time for the launch of the Mac, and might miss the launch of these other products as well.

Atari's launch of the 7800 under Tramiel was far more subdued than Warner had planned for the system in 1984 with a marketing budget of just $ 300, 000.

The AIM-54 / AWG-9 combination was the first to have multiple track capability ( up to 24 targets ) and launch ( up to 6 Phoenixes can be launched nearly simultaneously ); the large missile is equipped with a conventional warhead.

A full load of 6 Phoenix missiles and the unique launch rails weigh in at over, about twice the weight of Sparrows, so it was more common to carry a mixed load of 4 Phoenix, 2 Sparrow and 2 Sidewinder missiles.

The Tomcat's AWG-9 radar was capable of tracking up to 24 targets in Track-While-Scan mode, with the AWG-9 selecting up to six priority targets for potential launch by the AIM-54.

Count Horn's Dutch infantry managed to push the French back from the water's edge, but it was apparent that before Marlborough could launch his main effort against Tallard, Oberglauheim would have to be secured.