Word: carina
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time that it turned to its next target, a super giant star named Iota Carina, the orbiting observatory had already transmitted a record amount of ul traviolet data. In the previous 15 years, scientists had accumulated only three hours of ultraviolet stargazing during the flights of 40 telescope-equipped sounding rockets, which briefly poke their noses above the atmosphere before falling back to earth...