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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
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Lapu-Lapu Day is a Filipino holiday named for an indigenous chief who won a 1521 battle with Spanish forces led by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the present-day Philippines.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2025
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The robotic explorers keep spotting new and noteworthy rocks.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The early pioneer in self-driving technology, Waymo has managed to beat Elon Musk-led Tesla and a myriad of now-defunct autonomous vehicle startups to the U.S. market.—
Lora Kolodny,Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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All this is to say that the longest in the world may have actually taken place in the woods, where more skiers than ever are now skimming the backcountry meltwater all spring long—just like the Slush Cup pioneers, Cyril Paris and Cliff White.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Pathfinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathfinder. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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