Word: roger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from Cape Canaveral in 1958, and has been on hand for nearly every manned flight since, vividly recalls the only previous tragedy in the U.S. space program. It occurred in 1967, when an Apollo capsule caught fire on the launch pad, and Astronauts Virgil ("Gus") Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee perished in the inferno. Only the day before, Morse had been shooting aboard their spacecraft, and his photos of the three men lying strapped in their seats were used by NASA to study the accident that killed them...
...speed it up a bit," saidConstruction Manager Roger J. Cayer Jr.. when toldof the complaint. Cayer said that the hydraulicfluid might still be a bit too thick, but that itwould thin with time...
...second disaster to strike NASA's pioneering space program in 56 manned space missions. In January 1967, astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee burned to death while preparing for an Apollo flight when a fire destroyed their capsule during a training drill...
...Monday--Reagan has bagged the invitation to speak at the 350th because of his Labor Day summit with Mikhail. But Roger Fisher uses his "getting to yes" strategy to persuade the twosome to postpone their session one week and use the sparkling facilities of the K-School...
...DIED. Roger Maris, 51, slugging outfielder, mostly for the New York Yankees (1960-66), who in 1961 became the first player to hit 61 home runs in a single season, breaking the record 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927; of lymphatic cancer; in Houston. As the homers piled up, he grimly endured hostile media attention and threats from fans who did not want the revered Ruth's achievement overturned; Maris' record carries an asterisk, since it was set in a 162-game season, which was eight games longer than the schedules of Ruth...