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Word: mooncraft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...south eastern corner of the Ocean of Storms. From the pictures that Survey or had transmitted, they also knew that it was standing in a crater about 100 yds. wide. Unfortunately, there were about 1,000 craters of that size within the probable landing area. Which one held the mooncraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: The Moon -- Through the Looking Glass | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

...giant. In Miami last week, General Dynamics showed off the first scale model of its TFX adjustable-wing plane, for which orders may reach as high as $8 billion in the next five years, and in Washington the company was awarded a $237 million contract to build the Centaur mooncraft. In Quincy, Mass., it laid the keel for the first vessel-an attack submarine-that it will build in the shipyard it bought last January from Bethlehem Steel. In Groton, Conn., General Dynamics launched its first civilian submarine, a research sub for the University of Pennsylvania. It also broke ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: The Rescue | 6/5/1964 | See Source »

AEROSPACE. Increased defense spending and the stepped-up U.S. space program boosted earnings generally. North American Aviation, prime contractor on the Apollo mooncraft, increased its net 20% to $8.600.000. Long-suffering General Dynamics showed a gain of 157% to $10.7 million-largely because of tax credits resulting from its previous massive losses building commercial jet transports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: The Profits Paradox | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

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