Upon reaching the desired speed, the automatic equipment would cut off the drive, and the silent but not empty vessel would hurl towards the star which was its journey's end.

Upon reaching Beijing, Chiang paid homage to Sun Yat-sen and had his body moved to the new capital of Nanjing to be enshrined in a grand mausoleum.

Upon reaching Salzburg, however, they found that he was not available and, disillusioned, returned to the United States after spending only 15 days of their planned three years in Europe.

Upon reaching his mother, who was now living with her new husband, he informed her of what had occurred with his uncle and his plans to make a life of his own, asking her for bread and some money to live in his misery.

Upon reaching the Cap Rock section of the park, they attempted to cremate Parsons ' corpse by pouring five gallons of gasoline into the open coffin and throwing a lit match inside.

Upon reaching the city in September 1895, the column bombarded the royal palace with heavy artillery, causing heavy casualties and leading Queen Ranavalona III to surrender.

Upon reaching a suitable density, energy generation is begun at the core using an exothermic nuclear fusion process that converts hydrogen into helium.

Upon reaching Mars, the upper stage would be jettisoned, with the Habitat Unit aerobraking into Mars orbit before soft-landing in proximity to the Earth Return Vehicle.

Upon reaching Asunción during his 1958 tour of Latin America, Vice President Richard Nixon praised Stroessner's Paraguay for opposing communism more strongly than any other nation in the world.

Upon reaching Earth, she demanded Earth's surrender and proclaimed herself Empress.

Upon reaching Sierra Leone, Clarkson and some of the Nova Scotian ' captains ' " despatched on shore to clear or make roadway for their landing ".

Upon reaching an area just south of the site, the superstitious Evenki hunters would go no further, fearing what they called the Valleymen.

Upon reaching the end of the bridge they will separate into separate routes to their destinations.

Upon its release, the song was extremely successful, reaching number one in the UK and featuring at number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the ' 80s.

Upon reaching Vienna, Sobieski had planned to attack on 13 September, but with the Turkish close to breaching the walls he ordered a full attack on 12 September.

Upon reaching Bent's Fort, they turned to the northwest, reaching the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte on May 23.

Upon reaching the kingdom of Armorica, he defeated the king and killed thousands of inhabitants.

Upon reaching Eleusis, there was a day of fasting in commemoration of Demeter's fasting while searching for Persephone.

Upon discovering a growing listening audience, the band began to stretch out on stage, incorporating more time in their repertoire, some songs reaching jams of twenty minutes.

Upon reaching this resolution, the crowd of Falun Gong protesters dispersed.

Upon reaching the northern area, they split into two bands.

Upon their arrival on the Federation's flagship, they are attacked by battle droids and are forced to retreat to the planet, where they meet a clumsy Gungan named Jar Jar Binks ( Ahmed Best ), who assists the Jedi in reaching Queen Padmé Amidala ( Natalie Portman ).

Upon reaching Sierra Leone, Clarkson and some of the Nova Scotian ' captains ' " dispatched on shore to clear or make roadway for their landing ".

Upon reaching adulthood, Weygand was legally acknowledged as a son by Francois-Joseph Weygand, an accountant in the employ of M. Cohen de Léon, thereby granting him French citizenship.

Upon arrival at Fort Lyon, Chief Left Hand and his followers were accused of violence by Colonel Chivington.

Upon arrival of two more French military transport aircraft, containing over 300 French troops, a message was sent by Colonel Brancion-Rouge to Colonel Degenne to come in with his Barracudas ( codename for eight Puma helicopters and Transall aircraft ), which took off from N ' Djamena military airport in neighbouring Chad.

Upon the accidental death of Lieutenant Colonel Ord, in January 1938, Major Sutherland was brought in as his replacement.

Upon arrival of two more transport aircraft, a message was sent to Colonel Degenne to come in with his Barracudas ( codename for eight Puma helicopters and Transall aircraft ), which took off from N ’ Djamena military airport in neighbouring Chad.

Upon arrival at Shaitana's house on the appointed day, Poirot is joined by three other guests: mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver, Scotland Yard's Superintendent Battle, and Colonel Race of His Majesty's Secret Service.

Upon his departure from the Constitutional Guard, he reported to the Committee of Surveillance of the Constitutional Assembly that the Guard was guilty of treason and that his Lieutenant Colonel, a man named Descours, had encouraged him to serve in the émigré army of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, then stationed in Koblenz.

Upon learning of the current situation in Western Samoa, the American Governor offered help to Colonel Logan who was in charge ; Logan was British born and hated Americans.

Upon arrival on the island of Barbados, he is bought by Colonel Bishop, initially for work in the Colonel's sugar plantations but later hired out by Bishop when Blood's skills as a physician prove superior to those of the local doctors.

Upon retirement British officers are granted title and pension of the highest rank held while on active duty, thus he had the right to call himself " Colonel.

Upon the premature death of his parents, the younger James went to live with his uncle, Colonel John Bubenheim Bayard, in Philadelphia.

Upon his arrival in France in June 1917, American Expeditionary Force commanding general John J. Pershing met with Lieutenant Colonel William " Billy " Mitchell.

Upon reaching the summit, Strank took the flag from Gagnon, and explained to Lieutenant Harold Schrier that " Colonel Johnson wants this big flag run up high so every son of a bitch on this whole cruddy island can see it.

Upon realizing that his son John was missing, Rodgers father, Colonel Rodgers, set out on horseback and came upon his son just as he was entering the city, insisting that his son return home to the family.

Upon bidding his son farewell Colonel Rodgers requested that he never indulge in strong drink, and to this request the younger Rodgers promised, and kept his word.

Upon retirement from his post as Governor General he returned as Colonel Commandant of the HAC until his untimely death.

Upon Lord Eversley's death in 1888, the estate was occupied by Colonel Horace Walpole and his family.

Upon arriving late at night at the appointed train station, Hatherley is met by Colonel Stark and is driven a considerable distance in a carriage with frosted glass windows to the house where he is to examine the machine.

In the end result at trial, former Colonel Theoneste Bagosora was convicted of 10 counts of eight different crimes, including genocide, two counts of murder ( one for Rwandans and one for peacekeepers ), Extermination, Rape, Persecution, Other Inhumane Acts, two counts of Violence to Life ( one for Rwandans and one for peacekeepers ) as well as Outrages Upon Personal Dignity.

Upon receiving the news, Colonel Edward House wrote to him, " The day will come when people in Germany will see how much you have done for your country in America.

Upon returning home from the war, Snake Eyes met with Colonel Hawk, who informed him that his family had been killed in a car accident ( which coincidentally, involved the brother of the man who would eventually become G. I.

Upon his arrival, he found that Colonel Moonlight had burnt the bridge over the river as previously instructed, after being attacked by Price's advance guard.

Upon the deaths of Terry and Kyle, Colonel E. H. Cunningham bought the 12, 500 acre ( 51 km² ) plantation soon after the Civil War and developed the town around his sugar refining plant around 1879.

Upon its formal establishment with the signing of a treaty on February 6 the same year, Raffles left the settlement, leaving Colonel William Farquhar as the first Resident of Singapore.

Upon learning that Peter McQueen's party of Red Sticks were in Pensacola, Florida to acquire arms from the Spanish, Major Daniel Beasley, Captain Dixon Bailey, and Colonel Caller led a force to intercept those warriors.