Word: spacemen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seldom had Moscow witnessed such a display of public affection. An exultant Nikita Khrushchev kissed both spacemen smack on the lips, followed in turn by Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan and other members of the Presidium, as well as Russia's two previous cosmonauts, Ma jor Yuri Gagarin and Major Gherman Titov. As young women pelted them with flowers, the "Heavenly Twins," as the So viet press dubbed the cosmonauts, then hugged and embraced their families. The band of the Moscow garrison played the Soviet national anthem, punctuated by a 2 1 -gun salute. On the 20-mile trip from...
...from the earth, but like a ball hanging in empty space," said Nikolayev later. In their logbooks, they noted the temperature, pressure and humidity of their vehicles, as well as their own pulse and blood pressure. Soviet scientists on the ground received electrocardiograms direct from sensors attached to the spacemen's bodies...
...Latin for twins. Spacemen pronounce...
That little mishap cost the taxpayers perhaps $20 million. But that is how the money goes in space. Canaveral's spacemen hope to try again before Sept. 10. After that date, Venus will have sailed through the heavens beyond the point where mere 20th century man will deem it feasible to pursue her again until...
...Mercury spacemen are tempted by three separate systems for controlling their capsules-manual, automatic and fly-by-wire. The manual system has direct mechanical connections between the control stick and the valves of a set of peroxide jets. When the astronaut moves the stick, steam blasts through selected jets to give the capsule the desired turning motion. Once it starts turning in frictionless space, it continues to turn, and it cannot be stopped without using more peroxide. Vigorous use of the manual system will quickly empty its fuel tank...