Word: stagesful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The bullet-shaped Juno II is a modified Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile topped by three stages of spinning Sergeant rockets. The whole assembly as it left the earth was 76 feet long and weighed about 60 tons with its fuel.
Like a high-strung thoroughbred finally cured of its jitters, the much-criticized Vanguard ran a perfect race last week. Of seven earlier Vanguard firings, six had been failures, and the seventh put only a grapefruit-sized, 3.25-lb. satellite in orbit. Last week's shot was perfect. All...
¶Vega and Centaur, both based on Atlas, but with two additional stages. Vega has a section of the Vanguard for its second stage. Centaur's second stage will burn hydrogen, whose high energy, according to NASA's Dr. Abe Silverstein, "will greatly increase our capability to send...
In its early stages, the new arrangement will be academically-oriented only, but David E. Owen, Master of Winthrop House, expected "other opportunities" to develop. He cited informal dramatic and music groups as possible areas of cooperation between Winthrop and Comstock students.
Following a strong show against Princeton Friday night, the varsity started slowly, trailing the Quakers for most of the first half. Penn pulled ahead 40 to 33 in the early stages of the second period, but the Crimson rapidly closed this gap. McClellan's jump shot at 7 1/2 minutes...