He had never seen one of those returning ships launch itself towards the stars.

Who was going to be the administrative chain of command once the ship launched?

All the big ships launched this year were developed with amenities in mind.

In the next few hours that first ship may launch missiles.

He was not sure what had happened but suspected that the American ship must have launched a missile of some kind.

Soon the ship launched two long boats filled with soldiers.

And besides, it looked like the ship could launch at any time.

They will be perfect or this ship will not launch.

"He's already said that the ship won't launch until everyone but him is asleep."

The ship launched itself, under the same magical power as before, and we were headed back home.