Agena

American  

[uh-jee-nuh] / əˈdʒi nə /

noun

Rocketry.

1. a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around Earth and send probes to the moon and other planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.

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Example Sentences

Keiko Agena likes to create moments of coziness — not just on Sundays, but whenever she possibly can.

From Los Angeles Times

“It sounds so simple, but I look forward so much to spending time on the couch,” Agena says with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

Agena narrated the audiobook for “Meet Me at Luke’s,” a guide that draws life lessons from the series, and is featured in the upcoming “Gilmore Girls” documentary “Drink Coffee, Talk Fast.”

From Los Angeles Times

They docked with an Agena rocket that had lifted off before them from Cape Canaveral, then fired its 16,000-pound thrust engine and reached an altitude of 475 miles, the farthest penetration of space that anyone had achieved at that time.

From New York Times

Their Gemini spacecraft remained linked with the Agena for more than 38 hours, in the first significant test of the docking technique to be employed by Columbia and Eagle.

From New York Times