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As of this printing, copyright to The New TOM SWIFT Jr. Adventures is owned by SIMON & SCHUSTER This edition privately printed by RUNABOUT © 2011 www.tomswiftlives.com CHAPTER 1 EXPLOSION IN SPACE "OUTPOST to Sky Queen. Looks as if the storm on Venus is getting worse!" The message came crackling through the predawn darkness to Tom Swift aboard his Flying Lab as it streaked through the upper stratosphere, winging south at Mach-plus speed.
"Can you make out any details through the electronic telescope?" Tom radioed back.
"Not too clearly, Skipper," the radioman responded from the Swift Enterprises space station 22,300 miles distant. "According to the astronomy team, the planet’s cloud cover seems to be in a state of terrific upheaval." Bud Barclay, the Queen’s copilot and Tom’s closest friend, turned anxiously to the crewcut blond youth at the controls. "Tom, does this mean our Venus probe will be scrubbed?" The two fliers, both veteran astronauts despite their scant years, had been looking forward eagerly to piloting the first interplanetary space mission, an orbital probe of Earth’s mysterious near-neighbor.
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