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braking rocket

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braking rocket [′bra·kiŋ ‚räk·ət]
(aerospace engineering)
retrorocket


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Sturckow and pilot Kevin Ford fired the shuttle's twin braking rockets at 4:47 p.
Shuttle Discovery makes safe California Landing by International Business Times - US ed.
Altman and pilot Greg Johnson began the hour-long glide back to Earth by firing Atlantis' twin braking rockets to leave orbit, shedding 257 feet per second to align the ship for a fiery freefall through the atmosphere.
Atlantis returns to earth by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
The astronauts had powered up their spacecraft and were awaiting word from Mission Control to fire their braking rockets and head for home when controllers announced that low clouds over Cape Canaveral would postpone the landing.
Shuttle landing delay by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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