Word: orbits
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...announcement that the world's most famous astronaut would return to space next October, 36 years after becoming the first American to orbit the earth, was greeted with pleasure, amazement and some skepticism. Critics argued that the flight was merely a public relations stunt; NASA insisted it was motivated by good, hard science. Glenn, while officially echoing NASA, added a reason of his own: "I see this," he said, "as another adventure into the unknown...
...week, it carried a small capsule containing an ounce of Gene Shoemaker's ashes. On brass foil surrounding the capsule was an image of Arizona's Meteor Crater, where Shoemaker trained NASA's astronauts. After reaching the moon this week, the spacecraft will ease into a 63-mile-high orbit, peer down and begin a search for minerals, gases and any evidence of water. Then, some 18 months from now, Prospector will crash onto the lunar surface, carrying Gene Shoemaker's ashes to their final resting place...
WASHINGTON: He's still got the Right Stuff. John Glenn, the 76-year-old senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth back in 1962, is going back into space. NASA confirmed Friday that Glenn has been accepted to fly aboard the Space Shuttle this October as a payload specialist."I'm ready for another adventure into the unknown," said Glenn. "It's extraordinary," says Jeffrey Kluger, TIME's space writer and author of Lost Moon. "He's the grand old man of the space program...
Back Into Space That's one small step for a senior: NASA is set to put 76-year-old John Glenn in orbit once more...
...unmanned probe called Lunar Prospector can squeeze through a four-minute launch window that begins at 8:31 p.m. EST Monday, the low-cost, low-profile unmanned probe will orbit the Moon, examine the surface for evidence of frozen water and analyze minerals and gases...