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Atomic Energy Commission. One of his main jobs at Rice will be to coordinate its scientific growth with that of its neighbor, the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Manned Spacecraft center near Houston...
Last week the Mariner II spacecraft was 7,651,352 miles away from the earth and 28.9 million miles this side of Venus, its destination. As Mariner barreled away from the earth at 7,724 miles an hour toward a scheduled approach to Venus on Dec. 14, Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that it will pass somewhat farther away from Venus than predicted -20,900 miles instead of 9,000 miles. The small rocket that adjusted its course on Sept. 4 seems to have pushed it slightly too hard, increasing its speed by 47 m.p.h. instead...
...last week passed another milestone in the space age-but this time the milestone was emotional as well as scientific. With the successful countdown and launch of Sigma 7, the near-flawless orbital performance of spacecraft and pilot and the extraordinary precision of impact and recovery, the U.S. space program graduated from quivering apprehension to solid confidence...
...Orbits Next. Space scientists and engineers are loud in praise of Schirra. Cutting out flyboy tomfoolery and handling the capsule like the spacecraft it is. he proved that by drifting and careful use of the automatic control system the capsule can get along with less fuel on even longer orbits. A heavy periscope can also be dumped, because Schirra proved that tricks of maneuvering that make it unnecessary can be accomplished with very little fuel. These savings can be invested in other desirables, such as more oxygen for breathing and more water for cooling...
...immediate result of the flight was the probable cancellation of a second six-orbit jaunt. The next U.S. astronaut will probably fly 18 orbits early in 1963, staying in space for a full day. This will leave the U.S. still behind the Russians, whose heavier and better provisioned spacecraft have stayed in space for three and four days, but Astronaut Schirra-who is being called by admirers "the first real space pilot''-made a giant step toward catching...