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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1981

Page

7

Space Shuttle Aims at Future Beyond Earth Orbit

NASA plans a permanent space station and uses the shuttle to open a space frontier. Von Puttkamer calls the shuttle a great white bird that transports a new era, with missions from satellite launches to Spacelab experiments and potential industrial in orbit products by 1986.

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Moon Explorations Shape Our View of Solar History

The piece outlines early lunar exploration, Ranger and Surveyor missions, and Apollo triumphs. It notes how lunar rocks date 4.6 billion years, reveals moon formation theories, and contrasts Earth's atmosphere and oceans with lunar history. Bevan French cites Apollo data transforming the Moon into a known world.

Cape Canaveral Fla United States Soviet Union America Neil Armstrong Armstrong Edwin Aldrin Aldrin Moon Earth Bevan M. French National Aeronautics and Space Administration Planetary Materials Division Solar System Sun Lunar

Space Shuttle sharpens U S lead in space age arms race

American space reconnaissance already shows military edge with high altitude photos. Experts foresee laser stations and killer satellites, while the Soviet Union touts its own space weapons. Pentagon notes 75 percent of Soviet launches are military and warns of a growing risk from rapid tech advances.

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