Word: starring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While they were awake, however, the astronauts made good use of their time to gain experience in navigation and tracking-skills that will be vital for landing Spider on the moon and returning to a lunar-orbit rendezvous with Gumdrop. In addition to plotting their position by star sightings, they became the first spacemen to use the planet Jupiter for a navigational reference. The astronauts also twice sighted and tracked Pegasus, a giant satellite orbited in 1965 to record meteor hits. Pointing their scanning telescope toward earth, they obtained fixes on islands, capes and other landmarks to establish Apollo...
...Saturday, Bill Murphy of Harvard had to settle for a fourth-place finish in his specialty, the three-meter dive. Murphy's rival from Dartmouth, Mike Brown, was the three-meter victor, though the Crimson star beat Brown in a dual meet two weeks...
...Beach's pin in the 123-pound class was easily the most surprising win of the day. The Quincy star credited his victory over Winthrop's Mike Conaway to one thing--luck. "When we were rolling around near the end, I just ended up on top," he said...
Colburn's failure to qualify for the finals in last week's IC4A Championships in New York disappointed Coach McCurdy, but he is confident that his star will qualify in Detroit. "In New York, Keith was running against the clock, which he doesn't do well," he said, "But the trail heats in Detroit will be competitive, as they are based on previous times, so he shouldn't have any trouble...
...Gridiron star Rick Frisbee of Eliot put his football moves to good use in defeating Winthrop's John Washington by a referee's decision. The 191-pounders were tied, 2-2, after the regulation period...