11.   Still, everyone is focused on the first launch.

12.   The bid to gain greater international confidence in its satellite-launching program comes less than a month after the recent first commercial launch of a Russian Proton rocket.

13.   The company had to postpone its first rocket launch several times because of various problems before successfully sending its first batch of five satellites into orbit in May.

14.   The first launch of construction components is set for November.

15.   The flight will mark the first shuttle launch in nearly six months.

16.   The first launch is scheduled for next year.

17.   The first launches would dispatch a fueled Earth-return craft into orbit around Mars.

18.   Albright congratulated the launch team after witnessing her first shuttle launch.

19.   An intense solar flare forced postponement of the first orbital launch from the Kodiak Launch Complex, NASA officials said.

20.   Gov. Jeb Bush, on hand for his first shuttle launch, was grateful for some good news for his state.