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...coincidence of two events often reveals connections usually hidden. At the same time Gorbachev was visiting the country, the space shuttle Atlantis secretly deployed a spy satellite that can practically pick out his birthmark from orbit...
...very clean ascent for Atlantis; there were no problems encountered on the way to orbit," said Brian Welch, commentator at Mission Control in Houston said. The two solid fuel booster rockets successfully burned out two minutes and eight seconds into liftoff. Failure of a booster rocket joint caused the Challenger's destruction...
Buran's triumphant maiden voyage came after several glitches in the Soviet space program. The first attempt to put the shuttle into orbit was scrubbed last month with only 51 seconds left in the countdown. Worse, a Soviet-Afghan crew was nearly lost in space last September due to a computer malfunction...
More Pain: Sophomore sweeper Nick Gates, who suffered a fractured orbit of the eye in practice last Friday, is unlikely to play in Saturday's contest. Freshmen Lenny Ilkhanoff and Josh Morris will both be sidelined with knee injuries...
...energy through his fingers, mesmerizing the audience with his fluidity and power. He showed a harder-rocking edge than he usually does on record. By the end of the hour-and-a-half set, during his fastest numbers, Thompson's solos careened with enough energy to send Sanders into orbit...