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...California desert 144 orbits later on Dec. 7, it will have completed the longest shuttle journey, one day (and 400,000 miles) more than any previous flight. Columbia's six-man crew will be the largest to fly aboard the shuttle and will include the first non-American astronaut. But clearly the highlight of the trip will be the debut of the 33,252-lb. Spacelab. It represents the first real marriage of space engineering to fundamental scientific research in the manned space effort. Says Spacelab Mission Manager Harry Craft: "We are reaching a major milestone in the space...
With all the publicity generated by the new movie The Right Stuff, perhaps the presidential candidacy of the Ohio Senator and former astronaut ought to be in some kind of celestial orbit. In reality, down-to-earth problems seem to be causing the John Glenn campaign to sputter. The latest sign of trouble: a major shake-up of Glenn's staff that reflects serious problems within the Senator's campaign effort...
HERO JOHN GLENN could be the next President of the United States, but relative unknown Chuck Yeager should be. That is the true message of The Right Stuff--a message missed by those who think that the film will do more for the former astronaut's Oval Office ambitions than the rather uninspiring candidate himself...
...cabinet meeting where President Eisenhower and congressional leaders learn about the Soviet flight into space, the politicians debate over what Americans would make the best astronaut. Two advisors run through a checklist of daredevils and stuntmen-trapeze artists, hang-gliders, human cannonballs-as the best people to launch into the atmosphere. The implication is that such a person is not-as our hindsight a freak. It is for public relations reasons, not need of certain skills, that Eisenhower finally demands, "I want test pilots...
Yeager's view that a real pilot was above astronaut work proved deadly accurate. The highly competitive Mercury VII crew ceased their infighting over which of them would be first in space only when it become apparent that none of them but a monkey instead, would lead the way. It is almost sad to watch the seven proud pilots ultimately realize that their work required little skill beyond stamina, and to demand technical modifications giving them more control-necessary only for their pride not for the mission...