Word: rendezvouses
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If NASA officials are jittery at all, it is because of heightened Soviet space activity. As NASA was announcing the Apollo flight plan, Russia's unmanned Zond 6 was heading toward its own rendezvous with the moon. The Soviets also disclosed last week that in October, Zond 5 had...
The highlights of the flight were the docking maneuver and precise rendezvous with the discarded S-4B booster, and the eight successful burns of the service module's powerful propulsion engine. These operations will be essential on a lunar landing mission. While en route to the moon, the joined...
Even as the U.S. proudly hailed Apollo 7 and its crew, the Soviets launched an impressive reminder that they are still running hard in the race to the moon. With no advance fanfare, Russia's tenth manned spacecraft, Soyuz 3, soared into orbit, piloted by fledgling Cosmonaut Colonel Georgy...
Miss Blueye said she had received no money for her role, but that she thought Rocchino had been paid for expenses. She denied taking an active part in contacting or hiding Schober, but said that, during the rendezvous with him, she had telephoned a West German woman with the code...
Indeed, handling quick decisions aloft is a Schirra family specialty. Wally's father was a World War I fighter pilot who later barnstormed with his wife as wing-walker. Wally himself soloed at 16, and went into naval aviation soon after graduation from Annapolis. He flew 90 combat missions...