Word: orbit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...OAMS-Orbit Attitude Maneuvering System, the 16 rocket engines that control the movements of the Gemini...
White's exhilarating space stroll provided the moments of highest drama during Gemini 4's scheduled 62-orbit, 98-hour, 1,700,000-mile flight. White spent twice the time outside the spacecraft that Soviet Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov did last March 18, and he had much more maneuverability; all Leonov did was somersault around at the end of a tether, getting dizzy, while White moved around pretty much at will...
...goes as planned, is the Gemini-Titan 4 space shot scheduled to blast off from Cape Kennedy Thursday at 9 a.m °All three networks plan extensive coverage of the launch (which NBC will broadcast in live color), frequent reports from the space craft during the 63-orbit, four-day flight, a generous assortment of specials and summaries and even an attempt to have a pool reporter with audio gear aboard one of the recovery helicopters. Elsewhere...
White's excursion was the outstanding feature of a 62-orbit voyage which end Monday afternoon, when the capsule, containing White and James McDivitt is scheduled to parachute to earth. The sight is the longest, the highest and the most ambitious yet attempted by the United States...
...Gemini capsule failed, however, in its attempt to rendezvous with the burned-out second stage of the huge Titan II rocket which propelled it into orbit. The rendezvous was called off after McDivitt and White burned half their fuel in fruitless pursuit of the tumbling booster...