The first transmission from the planet's surface had gone without incident.

And it isn't as if transmissions go for several kilometers.

The transmission went to the front to the final drive.

The transmission went out in all directions, hoping to find someone who could hear.

Good luck, David called, and the transmission went dead.

Suppose we had still been on the mainland when George's transmission went out.

That declaration was followed by cheers, just before the transmission went dead.

This time, the transmission on the cell phone went through.

"I used it for a month or so, then the transmission went," he said last week.

And now the transmissions still went out without anyone who benefitted.