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Word: sighter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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First, the star-sighter locked on Alderamin. Then it fixed its gaze on Regulus. Another roll on its axis, and Mariner picked out Naos, then a multistar cluster near Naos. Finally, when Mariner was 360,000 miles from earth, its electronic eye found a star bright enough to send the proper radio report: Mariner had locked on Canopus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: On to the Red Planet | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

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