Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Such a maneuver is based on the solution of complex mathematical equations involving all the intricacies of space mechanics. Computers at JPL took into account Mariner's speed and trajectory, its location in relation to the point in Mars's orbit where the encounter should take place, and...
Thin & Dusty. For hours no one would know for sure. While the JPL crew waited anxiously, Mariner swooped around the back side of Mars. It was out of touch with Earth for 54 minutes. During this maneuver, it performed one additional and highly important experiment. Mariner beamed radio signals back...
The Prudential freighters would never have to dock. Each would carry its cargo in 50 large barges stowed in its hold; when the mother ship approached port, giant deck cranes would lift off the barges, which would then easily maneuver into port. Meanwhile, the mother ship would lift on a...
The Airmobile Division will have little armor and therefore not much staying power in battle. But it should make up for that with its mobility and fast striking force. It will, said McNamara, be "capable of conducting operations in all types of terrain. It can react quickly and maneuver rapidly...
But from the very start, McDivitt had trouble staying within range of the booster. "I have been struggling here not to let it get too far from me," he told Houston Control shortly after the booster fell away. McDivitt manipulated the capsule's Orbit Attitude Maneuver ing System (OAMS...