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...tendons connected to the upper part of the hind legs. That launches the flea into the air. In fact, lift-off occurs so rapidly that the flea reaches peak acceleration of 140 Gs - more than 30 times that endured by astronauts during the launch of the Saturn 5 moon rocket...
...Saturn 1-B rocket lifted from its launch pad into the air above Cape Canaveral, Fla., and remained visible for miles downrange last week as it carried three rookie astronauts toward their rendezvous with the Skylab space station orbiting some 270 miles above the earth. The third and final Skylab mission was launched. The unprecedented stay in space may last as long as 84 days and will encompass the Skylab project's most ambitious undertakings...
...Watching the annual military parade in Red square last week, Western observers spotted two new weapons. One was an intercontinental ballistic missile that they immediately dubbed "Rudolph" because of red paint on the nose of the warhead. The other was a small tank, armed with a rocket launcher, which can be airlifted and dropped with airborne troops...
...launch date, workmen at the Kennedy Space Center discovered hairline cracks around bolts on all eight stabilizing fins of the Saturn 1-B booster that is to launch the ferry ship toward a rendezvous with the orbiting space station. The cracks may have developed when the rocket's fuel tanks were filled, enormously increasing the weight on the fins. Exposed to Florida's salty air, the fins may have been weakened by corrosion. To avert a calamitous accident after liftoff, NASA officials ordered all the fins replaced with spares rushed in from the Saturn assembly facility at Michaud...
...plausible solution would be to return sovereignty to Egypt, but at the same time to demilitarize the Egyptian side of the border between the Sinai and Israel. This border could be perhaps 20 to 30 miles deep, enough territory to keep each side out of artillery or short-range rocket attack from the other...