Word: aloft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...volunteered no hints as to the identity of its mysterious news informants. Turning to such tried-and-true sources as Estes Kefauver and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Fred Whipple (who, said A.P., "expressed no surprise"), the A.P.-in common with big-city newspapers-kept the astronaut aloft with scientific and political punditry...
...John S. Rinehart, associate director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, said the rocket Russians reportedly used to put a man aloft did not have to be nearly as large as that required to launch a satellite...
Twice before, "Big Annie"-as her caretakers called the Atlas-had had to be blown up just after launching. Since then the Russians had shot two Sputniks aloft, indicating a long Red stride in intercontinental missilery. As the crews at Cape Canaveral got Big Annie III ready for her try last week, they worked coolly, deliberately, as though they were determined not to think of the stakes. But they knew all right, and so did the whole base, as the red-eyed crewmen plodded home to snatch a sandwich and a couple of hours of sleep and then head back...
Capital also faced another turndown by CAB, this time on its petition for a $21.4 million subsidy for 1957 and 1958. Though Capital got off subsidy six years ago, it now wants Government help again, says it cannot stay aloft without a renewed dole. But CAB is not sympathetic...
Radios on both Sputnik I and II are now dead, and the Russians are concentrating on optical observation. The life of Sputnik I, say the Russians, should be about three months; thus the satellite should stay aloft until the new year. Its carrier rocket, which has more air drag, will spiral down and burn out sooner. Sputnik II has not been aloft long enough to permit accurate predictions, but since it is heavy and not very big, it has low drag in proportion to its weight. Also it orbits higher in thinner air. So the Russians think it will circle...