Word: orbited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is no reason to suppose that life, and man as its representative, will not transform any planet on which he lands, in the same way, or even in a more profound way than he has transformed the surface of the earth. It might suit him to change the orbit of the moon, and it seems within the realm of possibility that he should be able to do so. When we realize that other organisms may be doing similar things at some millions of regions in the universe, we see that life itself and man, as one representative of that...
...Pioneer faltered and began to fall back, scientists at tracking stations tried to fire the Stage Four rocket in the hope it would send the probe into an orbit around the earth. The rocket did not fire. The official theory is that the interior temperature of the Pioneer fell so low (35°F.) that its battery lost power and could not work the firing system. Some experts have suggested a simpler cause: a broken electrical connection...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--Disappointed missile scientists were at a loss yesterday to explain what happened to the Army's latest space venture--an attempt to blast a Beacon balloon satellite into orbit...
Drawing a bead on the moon is something like shooting a duck from a spinning merry-go-round, using a bullet that takes two days to creep near its target. The moon has its own motion; it speeds around the earth on a somewhat elliptical orbit at 2,300 m.p.h.*Even more disturbing to the moon-marksmen is the rotation of the earth. In every minute, the earth rotates enough to make a 1,000-mile difference in the rocket's position when and if it reaches the moon's orbit...
...should have been. This steepness reduced the advantage that was obtained from the slingshot effect of the earth's eastward rotation. Air Force experts say that a loss of speed less than 600 m.p.h. was enough to make the probe fall far short of the moon's orbit...