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Even the Russians, who startled the world by letting a space traveler take a "stroll" outside his orbiting capsule only a few days before (TIME cover, March 26), have yet to claim that their cosmonauts have varied the earth-girdling curve of a spacecraft in flight.* But before men can...
Sir: In your issue of March 5 you erroneously state: "Only one U.S. railroad is state-owned: the 115-mile Rutland Railway, which Vermont bought last year to prevent it from dropping its passenger business." Since 1953 no passenger service-only freight-has been performed on this line (other than...
With that brief solo excursion into hostile emptiness last week, Lieut. Colonel Leonov took man's first tentative step down the long and dangerous track that he must travel before he truly conquers space. Circling the earth in a sealed and well-provisioned capsule has been demonstrated to be...
U.S. space-suit plans call for exchangeable equipment: a massive propulsive backpack for use in weightless space, and lighter suits emphasizing oxygen and cooling apparatus for exploring the moon. These suits have not reached the rigorous testing stage, in which men will wear them in a vacuum chamber under the...
Cukurs apparently fled to Germany with retreating Nazi troops, and turned up in Brazil in 1946. Feeling himself safe from extradition (Brazilian law prohibits extradition for crimes that could lead to a death penalty), he did not bother to change his name, got married, had three children, and set up...