Word: orbits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whipple said that the rocket has slowly been nearing the earth's atmosphere, and now comes within 105 miles of the earth on its orbit...
...have a doghouse in orbit, but we've got one in Washington...
...Federal Government "decree the study of science." In Washington, the National Student Association warned that if the nation fails to improve not only the scientific but all aspects of education, the U.S. educational system might be "reduced to a satellite of the Russian system, spinning in an orbit dictated by Russian scientists...
...announced plans to build a 65-million-dollar missile site near Cheyenne, Wyo, apparently to launch 5000-mile American intercontinental ballistic missiles when such devices are ready. Dr. John Hagen, director of Project Vanguard, also told reporters that his scientists expect to put a sin-inch test satellite into orbit next month, and to follow it with a fully instrumented, 20-inch sphere in March. Preliminary tests have been successful, Hagen said. "All we have to do now is to set it up and light the fuse," he stated...
...date for launching the first full-fledged U.S. earth satellite was listed as a possibility by the Navy today. A spokesman said that, if the navy is successful with its 6.4-inch, 31/4-pound test satellite next month, the 20-inch sphere carrying complex instruments might be fired into orbit in January rather than March, as originally planned. Vanguard now possesses a higher priority than it did in the past--a development that has just occurred, the Navy man declared...