Word: orbital
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...band has performed a number of now-leg-endary routines, including showing Sputnik in orbit (on the very same day the real satellite was launched), champagne pouring into a glass (complete with bubbles and a "hic") and a pen writing the word "Crimson" across the field. In 1953, for one performance only, the band did a drill on ice skates at Boston Garden...
...tense days last week, the prestige of the Russian space program -- and the well-being of three cosmonauts -- was in jeopardy as a planned rendezvous in orbit went suddenly awry. A Progress rocket laden with food and other vital supplies glided up to -- and right past -- the Mir space station. Ground controllers then made a second effort to dock the two craft, but failed. By late Friday afternoon, the Progress could make only one last pass; this time cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko would try to maneuver Mir into a favorable position. Finally, with no more room for error, Malenchenko...
SPACE: Close Call in Orbit...
...least 13 people have overdosed on heroin in New York City in the past week, prompting a scare -- at least in the media -- that a powerful new form of the drug, "China Cat," is sweeping through the region and could widen its orbit. Police say one sample tested a lethal 94 percent pure, and that the overdoses are a sign of heroin's resurgence in a city where up to half the nation's 600,000 addicts live...
...guys and gals, this is Biff Bixley with the scores. Another great night for baseball. Dingers were flying everywhere. Thirty-two home runs, including a clout by Matt Williams of the Giants that looks like it went into orbit. Roll that tape! Is this ball juiced or what? With 44 taters, the Mattmeister has now moved ahead of Roger Maris' record pace. But the big news was in Cleveland, where Albert Belle crushed two homers, including this titanic upper-deck shot, to lead the Tribe to a 9-3 victory over the Brewers. For the first time since...