Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seven crew members of the Challenger were killed when it exploded shortly after lift-off Jan. 28, and a possible leak in the right booster is considered a possible cause...
After Scobee completed his first shuttle mission, in 1984, he told Almon he "would give absolutely anything to experience the exhilaration of lift-off once again." On that mission, he carried a 2-ft. by 4-ft. banner made for him by students at Auburn High. It said, TROJANS FLY HIGH WITH SCOBEE. School officials announced last week that the banner would be put on display to remind other seemingly ordinary students that they too can fly high...
...that ice, which had formed on Launch Pad 39-B during Cape Canaveral's 27 degrees F weather the night before the lift-off, had somehow damaged the shuttle. In fact, engineers at Rockwell International, the prime contractor for the shuttle, saw the ice in televised shots of Pad 39-B and telephoned NASA to urge a delay in the launch. But Space Flight Director Moore said that an "ice team" had inspected the shuttle. "We checked just 20 minutes prior to launch, and the consensus of the reports was good," he said. "It was decided that very low risk...
...never turned down a challenge and always did whatever the Navy asked him to do," said Florence Noe, an aunt. Nor did he dwell much on the danger of his work. "Everybody looks at flying the shuttle as something dangerous. But it's not," he commented before Challenger's lift-off last week. "It's a good program, and something the country should be proud of." Said his brother Pat: "I hope everybody realizes that Mike was doing just exactly what he wanted to do. Not many people in their lives get to do exactly what they want...
Skiing at even the most glorious of resorts can pall after a few days, for reasons of tameness and sameness. Up the lift, down the beautifully groomed trail, half an hour in the lift line with several hundred nice people, then up and down again: the alpine skier turns himself into a yo-yo. And after the fifth or tenth chug around the splendidly scenic cross-country circuit, the Nordic skier can feel like a toy train...