Word: targets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...military use of space itself is less clear. The U.S. and Russia pledged to the U.N. in 1963, and reaffirmed in the present treaty draft, that neither would put nuclear bombs in orbit. They were moved partly by the knowledge that such bombs would pass over any target only at widely spaced intervals, would be easier to track than ICBMs and could be delivered at best in hardly less time than the 30 minutes needed for an ICBM. Even so, this detente is subject to constant strain; each nation has made clear that, in the event of any breach...
...were always plenty of MIGs on the ground, and bomber crews occasionally reported sighting small formations of the Russian-built fighters on the horizon. But the MIGs seldom ventured to attack unless the odds seemed overwhelmingly in their favor. Never have they made a concerted effort to protect any target. Never have they been seen over the Panhandle, the vital staging area for all military units infiltrating the South. And in the past year, although markedly more MIGs have been sighted, they came in week-long spurts separated by lengthy lulls...
...Attorney General, who once taught international law, is not a member of the foreign policy "establishment" that has been the target of Johnson's critics on foreign policy. All but the die-hard conservatives have considered Katzenbach an effective, intelligent and tireless Attorney General, particularly in the civil rights field. In Congressional committee sessions he has been informed, articulate, and well-received as a witness...
Apollo Simulation. Having taught so much with its failure, Gemini was able to demonstrate even more with its many successes. Within 94 minutes after their launch from Cape Kennedy, while they were still on their first orbit, Conrad and Gordon rendezvoused and docked with an Agena target vehicle that had been blasted into orbit only a few hours earlier. It was the first successful space link-up accomplished so soon after launch, and it simulated a vital step in the Apollo moon mission. After exploring the surface of the moon, Apollo astronauts will have to blast off in their little...
...artificial gravity created during a manned orbital flight. After three hours of tethered orbiting, Conrad flipped a switch that jettisoned Gemini's docking bar, freeing the spacecraft from the connecting rope. As Gemini drifted away, the tether-now attached only to the Agena-slowly wrapped itself around the target vehicle like a python around its prey...