Word: marse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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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...
> Accompanied Vice President Hubert Humphrey to National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters for a progress report on the Mariner IV rocket, launched in November on an eight-month flight to Mars. To hear Humphrey talk, Johnson practically invented space flight. Cried the Vice President: "He has put his heart into...
Love seemed to be pouring from Johnson as he spoke about the futility of human quarrels on an absurdly tiny earth: "Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child's globe, hanging in space, the continents stuck...
Sir: The diagram on Mars Encounter in the Dec. 11 issue of TIME appears to be in error. Mars and the point of encounter with Mariner need to be shifted around 180°.
Many Hazards. But even a successful mid-course correction will not guarantee a successful mission. There are still some 323 million miles to go. The 138,000 parts on board are subject to radiation damage, and to unexplained failure caused by undetected flaws. Only if Mariner survives all such hazards...