Noun
the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
Source: WordNetYou've done it in the simulator so many times, you don't have a real sense of being excited when the flight is going on. You're excited before, but as soon as the liftoff occurs, you are busy doing what you have to do. Alan Shepard
Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a design in mind for a vertical liftoff supersonic jet that would be a really big improvement. Elon Musk
Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone. Mary Pope Osborne
Accidents In 1986, Challenger disintegrated one minute and 13 seconds after liftoff. Source: Internet
A rideshare launch with multiple experimental small satellites for the military’s Space Test Program is also planned for liftoff this year on an unidentified rocket. Source: Internet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company. Source: Internet