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...obediently performed operations that assured ground controllers that it was in good working order. Then the 4,400-lb. spacecraft turned to its first assignment. Rolling slowly in space, it sought out two reference stars and unerringly swung its telescopes toward a bright Southern Hemisphere star named Miaplacidus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astronomy: Observatory in the Sky | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

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