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"I Am Eagle".
- Source :
- TIME Magazine; 8/18/1961, Vol. 78 Issue 7, p22-23, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 1961
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Abstract
- The article offers information related to the voyage of Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov aboard spaceship Vostok II in 17 hurtling orbits around the Earth. It states that seconds later after Titov's voyage, American radar watchers knew a Russian spaceship was aloft, flashed word to Western tracking stations around the world. It comments that most American scientists and space experts unsurprised at Russia's feat because it represented no new breakthrough for Russian rocketry.
- Subjects :
- SPACE vehicles
ROCKETRY
ASTRONAUTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0040781X
- Volume :
- 78
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- TIME Magazine
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 54205605