Word: apollo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Columbia's homeward heading was so accurate" that only one of the three scheduled course-correcting rocket firings was needed. The uneventful journey also gave the astronauts unusually long periods of sleep and relaxation. "Apollo 11, this is Houston," crackled the ship's radio during one particularly long silent stretch. "Are you still up there...
...conclusion," said Aldrin on the night before splashdown, "that this has been far more than three men on a voyage to the moon. More even than the efforts of one nation. We feel that this as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown. Apollo 11 has surely pointed the way for an era of exploration that carry man to the edges of the system and ultimately to the stars...
...moon remains a continuing challenge. Only hours after Columbia and her crewmen were plucked of the Pacific, U.S. space officials an that Apollo 12 will lift off Cape Kennedy on November 14. Its target: the Ocean of Storms, several miles northeast of Apollo 11 's Tranquillity Base...
WHEREVER people could read, watch or hear the news, they followed the epic journey of Apollo 11 with fascination. Most Americans were jubilant, if sometimes at a loss for words. An elderly lady awaiting a flight at Chicago's O'Hare Airport simply stood up and sang America the Beautiful when she learned that the moon landing had succeeded. Said Robert Hutchins, the usually articulate head of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara: "It's marvelous. What else can you say?" Author Paul Goodman, a frequent critic of U.S. institutions, wrote...
Around the globe, others shared America's enthusiasm. In Paris, emergency electrical generators were turned on to keep TV tubes glowing through the night. In a crowded bar on Rome's Corso di Francia, one Italian disparaged the Apollo achievement-and was clobbered in a fist-swinging, bottle-throwing brawl. In Japan, Emperor Hirohito canceled a botanical outing in the woods to watch TV. In Germany and in Uruguay, police reported a sharp drop in crime while Eagle was resting on the moon. Said a West Berlin police sergeant: "I wish there were moon landings every night...