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12 picks · 1969–1988

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EXPLORERS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to Moscow to learn about the Soviet space program. The real space center, Starry Town just outside Moscow, where the …

IMAGING SATURN
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the spacecraft Voyager 1's rendezvous with the planet Saturn, in November, 1980. Writer went to Pasadena, California and spent …

II-SHUTTLE
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the space shuttle, NASA's first reusable spacecraft with a large cargo bay for carrying, among other things, satellites to be …

I-SHUTTLE
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the space shuttle, which takes off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Mar. 17th. It is named Columbia and is…

LIFE IN A SPACE STATION-II
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about living conditions in the space station, Skylab. The third crew to live in Skylab stayed the longest time, from Nov. 16, 1973 to …

LIFE IN A SPACE STATION-I
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A REPORTER AT LARGE about living conditions in the space station. Skylab. Skylab, built by NASA, was launched from Cape Kennedy on May 14, 1973 and the …

A Resonance With Something Alive~II
profiles ·

PROFILE of Dr. Carl Sagan, the controversial Cornell professor of astronomy who believes there is life on Mars and is a member of the imaging team of …

A Resonance with Something Alive~I
profiles ·

PROFILE of Dr. Carl Sagan, professor of astronomy at Cornell and the most ardent advocate of life on Mars. Dr. Sagan will be on the imaging team, whose …

MEN ON THE MOON
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the projected Apollo moon-landing, which may take place this autumn. The two astronauts may leave their spacecraft, in order to go …

MEN ON THE MOON JUST ONE BIG ROCK PILE
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REPORTER AT LARGE about scheduled manned moon-landings beginning presumably with Apollo 11, in mid-July. Detailed plans for the flight; the training the …