Word: maneuverable
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Next, the astronauts sent an electronic signal that was supposed to start the Agena's tape recorder, already programmed to fire the Agena's attitude thrusters and begin a series of gentle maneuvers. Instead, the Gemini-Agena began to gyrate violently through space, yawing and rolling at a...
De Gaulle's lonely stand dismayed even some senior officials of the French government, for it isolated France from its Common Market partners and reneged on a year-old French proposal for a gold-based collective reserve unit, dubbed Cru. Washington felt that De Gaulle's maneuver was...
"ILS 24." Ordered to St. Louis for ten days of training with a "rendezvous simulator" machine in preparation for the chief goal of their space flight-a complex docking maneuver with an Agena rocket-the astronauts left Houston at 7:35 a.m., with See at the controls. Right on their...
The recent trail of two Russian authors is apparently the first step in a new series of restrictions on artistic freedom in the Soviet Union. Because the Soviet government has managed in recent years to control its artists through unofficial channels, these unexpected proceedings might appear to be a last...
Even more significant, the pictures showed no evidence of the thick and treacherous layer of dust that many astronomers and physicists have predicted might envelop vehicles landing on the moon's surface. Said Astronomer Kui per, who at times during the past several years has stood nearly alone in...