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...ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution, Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., presented his silvery space suit, boots, helmet, and the small American flag he carried on his historic triple orbit to the National Air Museum. He also noted his Friendship 7 capsule, already on display. "This is somewhat of a reunion." said Glenn in wry reference to the capsule's world tour and his own full schedule of public speeches. "We've both got a lot more mileage on us than last year...
...nuts! Ha-Ha-Ha! Who ever heard of a 98-yard field goal! Ha! ha! -huh? The ball is sailing over the line of scrimmage, over the fifty-yard line, over the goal posts, over the state line, over the Atlantic Ocean . . . Ladies and gentlemen, the ball is in orbit...
...star burns its helium, forming heavier elements. Its central temperature rises to 500 million degrees, while its powerful gravitation causes it to shrink toward its superheated middle. In spite of its enormous mass, the great star is now only about one-third the size of the earth's orbit...
...first manned space station has yet to be shot aloft, but earthbound engineers are already dealing with the possibility of accident in orbit, struggling with the difficult problem of bringing men back alive from some far-out disaster. What will happen, for example, if a spacecraft's retrorockets are disabled so that it cannot slow down for the long descent toward home? Will the occupants have to be abandoned...
Practical experience with Relay, the communications satellite built by RCA, was no help. Relay, which went into orbit on Dec. 13, refused to work properly right from the start; a defective part let most of the power leak out of its storage battery. But Relay still obeyed commands. It was told to throw switches to isolate the faulty transponder (transmitter-receiver). Solar cells were able to recharge the satellite's battery. Last week Relay was in operation, using its spare transponder...