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discovered. A possible new planet, as yet unnamed; by scientists at Caltech, Yale and the Gemini Observatory. The researchers said the ball of rock and ice is the first object larger than Pluto to be found in the outer reaches of the solar system. won. lance armstrong, 33, in his last professional competition; a record seventh consecutive Tour de France; by 4 min. 40 sec. over Ivan Basso of Italy; in Paris. Of the race that defined his career, the world champion, who announced his planned retirement in April, said, "Vive le Tour, forever!" Charged. Vladimir Arutyunian, 27, ethnic Armenian...
...tiles weren't responsible, the sheer turbulence of re-entry might have been. It's not for nothing that the first commander of a shuttle flight was Gemini and Apollo veteran John Young, widely respected as an iceman at the stick. If you're going to fly so tricky a ship, you have to be. "When you re-enter, you're moving at 25 times the speed of sound," says former astronaut Dr. Norm Thagard. Hitting the atmosphere at that velocity is "not unlike slamming into a brick wall, if you're not at the correct attitude...
...concluding piece, “Gemini,” ended the Dancers’ Viewpointe V on the note upon which it had begun. While a mellow reggae beat reminiscent of the “Banana Boat Song” played in the back, dancers in spring greens and lavenders truly embodied the earthy and simple funkiness that had characterized the laidback blending of the old and the new throughout the program...
...RETIRING. JOHN W. YOUNG, 74, the world's longest-serving astronaut; after 42 years; in Houston. Young joined NASA in 1962 following a stint in the U.S. Navy and piloted the first manned flight of the Gemini program three years later. In 1981, having previously traveled twice to the moon, he commanded Columbia on the first space-shuttle mission. He is the only astronaut to have flown four types of spacecraft...
DIED. GORDON COOPER, 77, one of NASA's original seven astronauts; in Ventura, Calif. Famously casual in his approach to pilot training--and famously brilliant at it nonetheless--Cooper flew twice into orbit, as the sole pilot of the last Mercury mission in 1963 and as commander of Gemini 5 in 1965. For a time, Cooper held the world record for time logged in space, 222 hours, but his strap-it-on-and-go approach served him less well in the lunar program, when NASA preferred more by-the-book pilots. He never got a trip to the moon...