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...minutes later, Lovell typed the instructions for the engine burn into the on-board computer, and the computer flashed back "99:40," which was code for "Are you sure?" Lovell hit the Proceed button. The engine lit and the burn worked exactly as scripted, inserting Apollo 8 into an initial lunar orbit 169.1 miles high at its peak and just 60.5 miles above the lunar craters at its nadir. Even before the crew re-emerged around the other side of the moon and back into radio contact with Houston, Anders snapped what is surely the most iconic photo...
Given the commercial airline industry's financial straits, chartering a private mile-high flight may be your best bet. "When do you ever see empty seats [anymore]?" June says, observing that the frequency of on-board trysts has recently dipped. But the mere lack of privacy (or blankets or booze) isn't likely to stop the most determined couples. Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of the upcoming collection of erotica, The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories (Cleis Press), says, "I think it depends. Anyone who's horny and creative enough can find...
...plan is to dig trenches about 19 in. (.5 m) into the surface, a depth where scientists believe ice meets soil, and haul a sample onto the spacecraft. There, an instrument will heat the soil in tiny ovens, checking the resulting vapors for water and carbon compounds. An on-board chemistry lab with dual microscopes will add water to the sample and analyze the spectral and electrochemical results to check acidity, salt levels, and ion concentrations...
...standard in The Game transport tradition, the shuttles promise “on-board movies and snacks” that will make you “almost forget you’re going to New Haven...
...rapid-fire, on-board encounter with reporters just before take-off, the Pope said his four-day trip to Ankara, Ephesus and Istanbul was aimed at "dialogue, brotherhood and reconciliation." He then heaped praise on Turkey, which he called a "bridge between cultures," and the Turks, whom he described as an open and peace-loving people. He also seemed to reverse his stance on Turkey's bid to join the European Union. Just two years ago, while Cardinal, he said the country's culture and history left it "in permanent contrast to Europe." On board his Alitalia flight, instead...