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 the American INvasion of Puerto Rico, 10 US dollars were needed to buy 1 Puerto Rican peso.

Upon Millet's death a decade later, a bidding war between the US and France ensued, ending some years later with a price tag of 800, 000 gold francs.

Upon his death, the US Senate passed a resolution to honor Smalley, crediting him as the “ Father of Nanotechnology .”

Upon returning to Dorchester County, Tubman discovered that Rachel had died, and the children could only be rescued if she could pay a US $ 30 bribe.

Upon release in May 1975 The Eiger Sanction was a commercial failure, receiving only $ 23. 8 million ( US $ in dollars ) at the box office, and was poorly received by most critics.

Upon entering the US Open as the defending champion that year, he caused controversy when, after losing in the quarterfinals to Jim Courier, Sampras said that he was not disappointed and felt relieved that the pressure to defend his title was no longer on him.

Upon inspecting a SAC hangar full of US nuclear strategic bombers, LeMay found a single Air Force sentry on duty, armed only with a ham sandwich.

Upon entering Folsom, the route passes over a Conrail Shared Assets Operations railroad line before coming to a cloverleaf interchange with US 322 ( Black Horse Pike ).

Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, fearing for the safety of Washington in case of attack, Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey ordered a detachment of US Marines to garrison the fort.

Upon graduation, Mineta joined the US Army and served as an intelligence officer in Japan and Korea.

Upon his request, Ballard was transferred from the Army into the US Navy as an oceanographer.

Upon his return to America, he applied for his US patent for a " revolving gun "; he was granted the patent on February 25, 1836 ( later numbered 9430X ).

Upon its release in March 1982, Asia received considerable commercial success, reaching # 1 in the US and spending nine weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

Upon entering Oldmans Township, US 130 heads through more rural areas as Bridgeport-Penns Grove Road.

Upon its launch, US distribution was handled by Arista Records until 1987.

Upon publication in 1939, news of the klystron immediately influenced the work of US and UK researchers working on radar equipment.

Upon crossing the Passaic River, US 46 enters Essex County into Fairfield Township.

Upon reaching Clifton, US 46 has an interchange with Valley Road before Route 3 begins to the south-east as a freeway at another interchange.

Upon turning back into a divided highway, US 46 comes to a large interchange with I-95 / New Jersey Turnpike.

Upon entering Palisades Park, the road has an interchange with Route 93 before reaching a diamond interchange with US 1 / 9.

However, for the US release on May 28, 1969, Once Upon a Time in the West was edited down to 145 minutes ( 2 hours and 25 minutes ) by Paramount and it was greeted with a mostly negative critical response and was a financial flop.

Upon reaching Lages Station, Alternate US 93 splits off in a northeasterly direction toward West Wendover.

Upon graduation he joined the US Embassy in Paris as an administrative officer.

Upon return to the UK and US, veterans of the Shanghai Municipal Police were tasked in training allied World War II commandos and intelligence personnel, including the British Commandos-SAS & SBS, the US / Canadian 1st Special Service Force (" Devil's Brigade "), the Office of Strategic Services ( precursor to the CIA ), the British Special Operation Executive, Marine Raider Units, and the US Army Rangers.