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Longest & Heaviest. As they set off for a planned 14-day, 206-orbit flight-longer by six days and 86 revolutions than any previous mission-they could expect better news yet. If all goes well, by the time Borman and Lovell splash down on Dec. 18, they will have been...
It is in confronting John Kennedy that Schlesinger's reconstruction seems to grow a bit wobbly. Though he is critical at times, his basic tone is apologetic. If Kennedy had followed his inclinations at the time of the Bay of Pigs, if he had devoted his full energy to Vietnam...
Having effectively sterilized Voyager, scientists will take no chances on the spacecraft's becoming recontaminated by stray microorganisms as it rockets upward through the earth's atmosphere. The spacecraft will still be in its sealed canister when it is mounted on its launching rocket and blasted aloft. Only...
This time, unfortunately, the long-shot became more than a remote possibility. If it had been successful, Gemini 6 would have been the first demonstration of rendezvous and docking in space-a maneuver that is absolutely essential to any manned mission to the moon. Now the Russians have a second...
But the U.S. is not about to give up too much of a lead in the space race. Last week President Johnson announced a hastily revised schedule that includes plans to double up on the next space mission, possibly in early December. Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell will blast...