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The pathfinder won't leave the second stage for NG-1, but will test out communication and telemetry.
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Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel (tns), arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The test flight will launch a pathfinder version of Blue Ring, a new spacecraft platform the company has built.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The rocket is carrying a Blue Ring pathfinder, a demonstrator of the company's in-space vehicle that will provide power and last-mile services to future payloads.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
That shift was not a huge surprise; Relativity Space had stressed that the Terran 1 was a pathfinder for the more powerful Terran R.
The Terran R will feature a reusable first stage, like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel (tns), arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The test flight will launch a pathfinder version of Blue Ring, a new spacecraft platform the company has built.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The rocket is carrying a Blue Ring pathfinder, a demonstrator of the company's in-space vehicle that will provide power and last-mile services to future payloads.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
That shift was not a huge surprise; Relativity Space had stressed that the Terran 1 was a pathfinder for the more powerful Terran R.
The Terran R will feature a reusable first stage, like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathfinder
Noun
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Feadship’s latest launch is an explorer yacht featuring a distinctive bow and paint scheme.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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While tourists pound the pavement visiting the iconic landmarks aboveground, explorers can search beneath the streets of the Eternal City for a different perspective on ancient—and modern—Roman life.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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The Oscar-winning artist last trod the boards 10 years ago, portraying DNA pioneer scientist Rosalind Franklin in Anna Ziegler’s play Photograph 51, directed by Michael Grandage.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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One of the pioneers of the English-only movement was Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, a naturalized American who was born in Canada, to Japanese parents, in 1906.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Pathfinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathfinder. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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