Word: shipped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crew scurrying into the Soyuz escape capsule just in case. The blunder, which cut all power to the station's electricity, orientation, life support and communications systems, occurred while the crew was preparing to fix the station's power system, which was damaged after Mir collided with a cargo ship in June. Once the plug was pulled, the station began to spin chaotically, turning away from the sun and draining its already low energy supply. Crew members huddled in Soyuz, where independent life support and power systems are stored, breathing oxygen from its emergency canisters. As usual, Russian space agency...
...Meadows, Newfoundland before hurricane season hits in late August. Modern navigational tools will be reserved strictly for emergencies, but members of the expedition will post pictures and bulletins from the voyage on the Web each day. Sponsored by clothing retailer Lands End, the knarr will be the first Viking ship to reach Newfoundland in 600 years, barring mishaps, mysterious sea creatures, uncharted desert isles and rampaging Norwegian Cruise Lines ships...
...after a series of harrowing incidents, and a chance for further medical exams to better assess his condition: "They are trying to do damage control, saying there's no reason to be hysterical over this. They want the U.S. to understand there's no need to abandon ship, because the repairs aren't really an urgent issue. Their feeling is they've had Mir up there for 11 years and that they can go a little longer. But when we listen to the cosmonauts themselves, they're audibly tense, worried and exhausted...
...lander. Slipping into Mars' orbit in June 1976, Viking 1 spent a month shooting detailed pictures of the surface, photos that enabled J.P.L. controllers to choose a safe spot for Viking 1's lander to touch down. On July 20, lander 1 separated from its orbiting mother ship. Using retrorockets, deploying a parachute and finally firing three descent engines, it bumped gently onto a rock-covered slope on the planet's southern hemisphere. Forty-five days later, the Viking 2 lander plopped down on more rugged terrain far to the north...
Tonight the thrill is greater. Earlier in the day, a rocket ship dropped a cluster of airbags into the flood delta of a valley called Ares, and all the Main Street parades and the hot dog cookouts and three-legged races stopped cold. Five hours later, televised pictures emerged depicting a rust-colored desert with rust-colored rocks and a distant hill against a gray-brown sky. The scenery was boring, the excitement overwhelming. People on TV spoke of how great and adventurous America is, how like a Pathfinder--a nation of explorers and pioneers. But the feeling...