Conestoga [
`kɑnəs'togə]
n. 大草原地带由六匹马拉的有篷大货车
conestoga[ noun ]
a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
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- The company launched the first privately financed space shot, Conestoga I, with a dummy payload in 1982.
- Conestoga I proved private industry could launch spacecraft, and also showed that the government was unprepared for the new industry, Pennino said.
- The parade theme, "The American West _ From the Frontier to the Future," heralded the opening of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art next month and had several floats displaying Conestoga wagons and space ships.
- Houston-based Space Services, which employs 14 people, is the same company that pioneered private space exploration by launching the Conestoga 1 from Matagorda Island, Texas, with a dummy payload in September 1982.
- Conestoga Valley High School principal Harry Wirth said Tuesday that he did not suspend the youngster, but banned him from some extracurricular activities, including the senior prom and graduation exercises in June.