Word: accidentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"This has been a long two years," Truly said of the difficult period since the Challenger accident in 1986. Liftoff was scheduled for 9:59 a.m. EDT.
The four-day Discovery mission will be the first shuttle flight since Challenger exploded in a fireball 73 seconds after liftoff from the same launch pad on Jan. 28, 1986. The accident ceded manned space to the Soviet Union, which has put 16 cosmonauts into orbit since then, aboard six...
As a result of investigations since the accident, the shuttle fleet and NASA's management have undergone major changes. The shuttle itself has had 210 modifications, including the addition of an escape system that would enable the crew to bail out if the ship had to ditch in the ocean...
Bush's constant harping on the pledge reminds us that there are still some Americans who, simply by an accident of birth, have great power over others.
The most damaging reverse came in Derry, where a middle-aged man and woman were blown up by an I.R.A. booby-trap bomb intended for a British army patrol. The accident prompted yet another embarrassed apology by the terrorists. They realize such mistakes cost them support, even among sympathizers in...