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...projects, although begun with more modest objectives, far exceeded expectations, the report stated, citing Major Gordon Cooper's 22-orbit flight and the Mariner II probe that relayed a wealth of data about Venus. "With the great Saturn booster due to become operational in 1964-65," Jane's added, "the suggestion that America and the Soviet Union should work together on major projects like lunar exploration is both timely and sensible now that the prospective partners are attaining a measure of equality...
Brief summaries of each decade inform the reader of newsworthy events: the Titanic sank and the tango began, nylon appeared in stockings and then disappeared into parachutes; dry ice and penicillin were invented; Sputnik went into orbit...
...equipment being installed in the trailer has previously been used in the observatory building for receiving data from satellites in polar orbit. The Air Force has launched six such satellites for the Space Radio Project from Cape Kennedy, Fla., and Vandesburg Air Force Base, Calif...
...engine-start procedure was cut from 24 to four seconds. Last week, in new harness, the second Centaur charged out of its stable and into space without a hitch. Its engines burned clear and blue for the programmed 380 seconds, sent the rocket tumbling into an elliptical orbit ranging from 340 to 1,050 miles above the earth. But it was not the orbit that mattered, nor the fact that the 10,200-lb. Centaur was the largest U.S. satellite orbited to date. By proving that hydrogen engines would burn in space, Centaur showed that the U.S. space effort...
...certain of holding its dominant position in the $6.4 billion industry, it has just scheduled its third consecutive $100-million-a-year capital spending program. If necessary, Goodyear is even willing to chase potential customers right into space. It is developing a collapsible space station that will inflate in orbit, and a giant "moon tire" that can roll lightly along without sinking into the deep layers of moon dust. The first man on the moon may go for a ride on Goodyear tires...