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"I Am Eagle".

Source :
TIME Magazine; 8/18/1961, Vol. 78 Issue 7, p22-23, 2p
Publication Year :
1961

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

Subjects :
SPACE vehicles
ROCKETRY
ASTRONAUTS

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040781X
Volume :
78
Issue :
7
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
TIME Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
54205605