countdown
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the launch crews would begin their final countdown
an act of counting numerals in reverse order to zero, especially to time the last seconds before the launching of a rocket or missile.
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In Florida today, NASA beginning its 'countdown' for the first space shuttle launch since the Columbia disaster more than two years ago.
The 'countdown' has begun for Atlantis to lift off Thursday.
The 'countdown' will resume at the beginning of next week.
But there's a lot of pressure at the moment with the 'countdown' to this UN deadline, also to try and resolve the issue of peacekeepers as well.
Everybody was waiting: a digital clock overhead marked the minutes, repeated the 'countdown' from 15 to the moment of decision.
Libraries across North Wiltshire will resound with festive cheer in the 'countdown' to Christmas with a series of special events for children.
Cycling is a sport obsessed with numbers and as the 'countdown' to next year's Commonwealth Games gathers momentum, such figures come into sharper focus.
A series of meetings will take place Thursday to discuss the problem and determine the steps necessary to get back into the launch 'countdown' .
He pressed the command conformation key, but the 'countdown' didn't cease to stop.
The US space agency NASA began its 'countdown' Saturday for tomorrow's rescheduled launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
In the 'countdown' to war, the aluminium tubes remained in the political spotlight and the fight between the US intelligence agencies was now on in earnest.
More and more of a crowd began to enter the room, stuffing the whole area and turning it into a claustrophobic matchbox as the final 'countdown' began.
Initial data analysis performed last night showed that the 'countdown' , engine ignition and initial phase of flight were normal.
the 'countdown' to your holiday
The computer beeped a 'countdown' from five to zero, and wooden spheres appeared and swooped down to try to hit the user.
From behind me Ben shouted out a 'countdown' , and then began his eight beat introduction.
When all of these steps have been completed, a complete dress rehearsal of the final days of the 'countdown' and liftoff is conducted.
Any pre-launch irregularities noted during a 'countdown' can cause a launch to be aborted.
With just 12 weeks to go until the Oscars, the Los Angeles Film Critics' Association awards mark the start of the 'countdown' to the showpiece event.
While people are taking to the streets in unprecedented numbers, the 'countdown' to war is inexorably proceeding.
The 'countdown' on the screen was now at twenty seconds.
The 'countdown' was stopped when a problem was detected in the computer dialogue between the control center and the launcher.
But, as the 'countdown' to a possible war continues, the views of a politician who argues against war, under any circumstances, provide a different perspective on the debate.
A computer monitor ran a 'countdown' silently, reading ‘3: 40,’ and was dropping fast.
A clock now marks the 'countdown' to the one-year anniversary.
I notice a digital 'countdown' projected below the Napoleon-guy: 1.69, and quickly descending.
the launch crews would begin their final 'countdown'
So in the final 'countdown' , how are they doing, and how are their support crews of officials and friends helping out with last minute preparations?
Dr. Kraft worked to develop the 'countdown' , launch, and flight procedures, as well as the design of Mission Control itself at the Cape and later in Houston.
Recently, the impregnable force field surrounding this device began to display a 'countdown' clock that suggested it would deliver its message at noon yesterday.
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