Word: orbit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...advice. Neither drinks or smokes, and they somehow manage to attract guests to their Hollywood parties although they serve nothing stronger than Coca-Cola. They work tirelessly on their columns, books and television appearances and still find time to give their mother an occasional tip for her Beauty in Orbit column, which is carried by 40 newspapers...
...Administration are shooting for the moon, and they tend to shrug off the military aspects of space. In contrast to the moonshooters, the Air Force foresees the need for a manned spacecraft, rugged and simple in design, that will be ready to go any time in any weather, reach orbit, maneuver in space, and return to earth as a matter of combat routine...
...review of the military space program. By a happy coincidence, he was able to an nounce final approval of plans to build the Titan III, due for use in 1964 or 1965, which will be nearly three times as powerful as the rockets that lifted the Russian Vostoks into orbit. The status of other key Air Force space projects reviewed by McNamara...
...make a start in military spacecraft, the Air Force hopes for a 1964 launch of the Dyna-Soar, the manned space glider, which will be the forerunner of more sophisticated vehicles that will be able to maneuver while in orbit...
Nikolayev admitted to some misgivings during his descent from orbit: "Out of the window, I saw smoke, then flames, which changed from red to orange to yellow to blue. You hear loud crackling and you begin to wonder if the ship's outer covering isn't about to slough off. As the deceleration forces decreased, it became like riding a cart on a bad road." When he landed, Nikolayev said, "my first inclination was to kiss the earth of our motherland...