Word: aloft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Most Troubled Craft The space station Mir, once the crown jewel of Russia's space program, fell on hard times this year as a string of mishaps threatened to shut the ship down for good. But Mir stayed aloft. And NASA, which has been sending U.S. astronauts to the station since 1995, plans to stand by its Russian partner...
...traditional music, but uses it only to underscore savagery and apparent backwardness; any scene of real emotional charge or import to the plot is backed up with a typical Western-style orchestra and chorus. At one point, the Africans seem to have converted to Christianity, as they apparently hold aloft and make supplications to a copy of the Bible, a turn of events more than a little disturbing and perverse...
...past two weeks, Foale, 40, has remained all but incommunicado, spending his time either with his family or at NASA debriefings. Last Thursday, however, he sat down with TIME for an exclusive interview, his first since returning from his nearly five months aloft. With the help of Foale's recollections, as well as those of his crewmates, it is now possible to piece together the events surrounding last June's accident and reconstruct humanity's most dangerous day in space in more than a decade...
...women at Harvard," Knowles said at the end of his brief remarks, holding a glass aloft. The audience responded in kind to the toast.CrimsonLinda S. CuckovichNANCY ZWENG '76 and KIM ADAMS '76, members of the first class of women to live in the Yard, pose in front of a gate dedicated to Co-Residency this weekend...
...half months on Mir during the station's most critical moments; now he can't even get home. Poor weather, gusty wind and intense cloud-cover over Florida frustrated the Shuttle Atlantis' attempts to return Foale to Earth Sunday. NASA instructed the seven-member shuttle crew to stay aloft an extra day and try to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida late Monday. It wasn't the only hitch in space traffic: back on Mir, a cargo ship docking was delayed Monday...