Word: space
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington, President Reagan praised the launch, saying the shuttle was "headed into orbit and America is back in space." He saluted the bravery of the crew and added, "We ask God to bless this important voyage...
Just how well the Discovery's booster rocketsperformed in their new design awaited detailedanalysis. But J.R. Thompson, who directed the workfrom the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabamasaid, "From everything I see, everything looksgreat...
...astronauts had said all along they weretreating the mission as a test mission--a"shakedown flight," in the words of Covey--andthey quickly ran into first-flight problems. Awater evaporator that provides cooling to the shipduring the climb to space and return to Earth waspartly clogged with ice. And a device thatprovides electrial power to move an orbitalsteering engine was not working...
...successful launch of the space shuttle Discovery yesterday put NASA back on its feet, paving the way for important space research which had stalled following the Challenger catastrophe two years ago, Harvard science experts said...
...very pleased with the new leadership inthe Office of Space Science and Applications, [by]Len Fisk, and expect that, given thewhere-with-all from Congress, we will takeadvantage of the opportunities for first-ratescience that present technology will allow," saidPaine Professor of Practical Astronomy Irwin I.Shapiro...