Word: nasa
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...large extent, the activities were a rerun of similar exercises last February at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where NASA has set up comparable simulators. Last week NASA released the first photographs of these sessions, showing scenes that would have been unthinkable at the height of the space race: Russian and American spacemen sharing their rations, lying side by side on their couches and operating the controls of each other's craft...
...attempt to reassure NASA, the Russians privately told visiting American space officials in Moscow that the rocket was an old model that had been "less diligently" checked out than usual. NASA's Deputy Administrator George Low, who negotiated the agreement with the Russians for this summer's joint flight, said the space agency had every confidence that "the problem experienced on this launch will be fully evaluated by Soviet officials and that the necessary corrective actions will be taken...
...private, NASA officials were less optimistic. Most agreed with Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire, who said the flight only "reinforces my deep concern that [the joint mission] may be dangerous to American astronauts...
About 70 scientists will examine preliminary plans today for an unmanned moon-orbiting spacecraft proposed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Edward D. Martin, manager of advance programs for NASA's Lunar Programs Office, said yesterday...
...created their most notable work abroad. Raymond Loewy, at 81 the dean of French designers, has lived for more than 50 years in the U.S., where he has produced hundreds of ideas, including the classic "double-fronted" 1953 Studebaker, the new Exxon corporate logo and the living quarters for NASA's Skylab. Next year the Smithsonian Institution will honor Loewy's work with a retrospective exhibition that will eventually be seen in Moscow as well...