Retrorockets

As the retrorockets fired, Culbert began to think of the 52 men that volunteered to stay the extra week to give the comet one last nudge. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sky crane is to detach from the larger spacecraft after it enters Mars atmosphere about a mile from the planet's surface, firing retrorockets to bring the rover to a gentle landing. ❋ William Bradley (2011)

If all goes well, Spirit and Opportunity will arrive on time, on target and intact, thanks to some sharp navigating, a big parachute, some retrorockets and giant airbags. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He later left Earth's orbit on Friendship 7 protected from what he feared was sure incineration by the straps of his retrorockets. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Just before touchdown, the Soyuz fires a set of retrorockets to slow its landing even more before coming to a jarring stop on the ground. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And congratulations to Aerojet Redmond, which built the retrorockets for the lander .... by Stefan Sharkansky, 02: 15 PM, 21 Comments "Mistake sends raw sewage into Ravenna Creek" An estimated 8 million gallons of raw sewage has poured into Ravenna Creek after county crews mistakenly diverted it into a Seattle storm drain, a King County spokeswoman said Saturday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just as human engineers control devices ranging from dimmer switches to retrorockets using pulsed -- or frequency modulated (FM) -- signals, cells tune the expression of groups of genes using discrete bursts of activation. ❋ Unknown (2008)