Like predators bloated after a large feast, they flew into the sky, lumbering back toward orbit.

Then the spent boosters are jettisoned, and the liquid-fuel engines supply the final thrust toward orbit.

Seconds later the surveillance ship quickly reori-ented itself and began a rapid climb back toward higher orbit.

She's accelerating from the surface toward orbit now, but she's losing power fast.

The Gorkon swooped into the air, heading toward orbit.

They provide the final thrust toward orbit, after two solid-fuel booster rockets are jettisoned.

The hum of the ship around him as thrusters moved them toward orbit pounded like blood in his head.

"Do you intend to continue toward orbit around the home planet?"

The 20-story-tall rocket lit up the sky as it thundered toward orbit at 7:37 P.M.

Now the cable stretched out to either side, held in a nearly straight line by tidal effects, while Gabriel towed it toward lunar orbit.