Word: orbited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That kind of zest allows Mother Earth to orbit well above its material; the audience is able to forget that the writing was done with an instrument rather more blunt than that skywriter's chisel. ∎Laurence I.Barrett
...gaze linger on the mighty Saturn V rocket beneath the Apollo 17 spaceship. "The Saturn V is the end too," said Debus. "I don't believe we will build a stronger rocket in this century. The Saturn can boost a payload of 200,000 lbs. into orbit. If you want more payload than that, it is cheaper to launch several Saturns than to develop a new rocket...
Next year there will be the Skylab program, in which nine astronauts will be launched into earth orbit for stays of up to 56 days. That will be over by early...
...following year will bring an international launch, with both Russian and American astronauts meeting in earth orbit. Then there will be no more manned flights until 1978, when the space shuttle program begins. The shuttle will operate in earth orbit and will be capable of taking scores of people into space on one flight...
...mysteriously, that he had had "a spiritual encounter with God on the moon." That, said Irwin, was the reason he changed his mind about profiting from the sale of stamped envelopes he and fellow astronauts Colonel David R. Scott and Lieut. Colonel Alfred M. Worden had smuggled into lunar orbit. (All three were reprimanded, and Worden and Scott are being reassigned from astronautical duty.) Irwin retires from the service this month to concentrate on High Flight, Inc., a nonprofit religious organization. "I don't think my mistake will damage my ministry," Irwin said. "It portrays me as a human...