The watch was used to time the duration of the Descent Orbit Insertion maneuver and to time the rendezvous maneuvers after launch from the lunar surface.
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Herz, the 82-year-old Vietnam protester, was an immigrant of Jewish descent and had reportedly spent time in an internment camp during World War II.
Ramirez said Latino people have been waiting a long time for a person of Latino descent to be nominated to the court.
The other day, President Clinton, who claims Irish descent, remarked that he had spent an enormous amount of time trying to get the Irish to end their religious fights.
Meaning that by the time NASA gets word that the rover has started its descent, the result of that landing will already have happened.
For the first time, about a quarter of the legislators are of mainly Indian descent.
Both the Edge 810 and 510 accurately track speed, distance, time, GPS position, elevation, calories burned, climb and descent.
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If all goes well, the Curiosity spacecraft will film the last two or three miles of its descent in high-definition video at five frames a second, recording for the first time an actual landing on another planet.
Other texts appearing online for the first time include the first editions of the Journal Of Researches (1839), The Descent Of Man (1871), The Zoology Of The Voyage Of HMS Beagle (1838-43) and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions of the Origin Of Species, the pivotal tome that elucidated his thoughts on evolution.
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Needing time to calmly consider his options, Capt Moody used autopilot to put the plane into a gentle descent, and instructed his first officer to issue a mayday call.
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