Towering Cumulus
Another name for cumulus congestus, it is a rapidly growing cumulus or an individual dome-shaped clouds whose height exceeds its width. Its distinctive cauliflower top often mean showers below, but lacking the characteristic anvil of a cumulonimbus, it is not a thunderstorm.
Aero Linx: Alaska Airmen's Association
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"We test like we fly. There are no second chances in spaceflight—we have to be certain we've got it right before we launch."
Source: Charlie Precourt, vice president and general manager of ATK's Space Launch Division, commenting as NASA and ATK take one step closer to meeting a 2017 launch date for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) after completion of a significant structural test of the booster's main attachment mechanism. NASA is developing SLS to take humans farther into deep space than ever before.
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