Examples of 'descent stage' in a sentence

Meaning of "descent stage"

Descent stage: In the context of space missions, it refers to the part of the spacecraft that separates and descends to the surface of a celestial body, such as the Moon or Mars, carrying rovers or equipment

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The descent stage went into lunar orbit.
We blew the descent stage off.
The descent stage would stay on the lunar surface.
We would lose the helium on the descent stage.
The descent stage has fuel left in it after we touched down.
Let us go with an octagonal descent stage.
The descent stage also acted as a launch pad for the ascent stage.
Costing us way too much weight in the descent stage.
The descent stage of the lunar module Antares is also visible.
Transfer to descent stage.
A parachute slows it down a bit before the rocket-powered descent stage.
The LM 's descent stage had already been jettisoned.
And then we would lose the helium on the descent stage.
At right is the descent stage of Antares, the lunar module.
Along with other activities, the crew is now depressurizing the descent stage oxidizer tank.

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What about Apollo 15? The descent stage has fuel left in it after we touched down.
When the Rover 's wheels touch down on the ground, the descent stage detects that.
We blew the descent stage off . Then we lit the ascent stage . It worked fine.
The ascent stage lifts off, using the descent stage as a launching pad.
Its descent stage remains at the Apollo 17 landing site, Taurus-Littrow.
Looks like the habitation module just flew over the Apollo 15 LEM descent stage.
Turbine 10E has finished its descent stage and is docked with its respective docking port 36.
Just flew over the Apollo 15 LEM descent stage.
The LM descent stage decayed March 22.
The cruciform structure of the descent stage of Intrepid, Apollo 12 's LM.

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