Word: apollo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...youngsters at all interested in technology, no development can compare in fascination with the U.S. space program. Among the on-scene audience at the last Apollo launch this week will be teen-agers from 76 foreign countries, chosen for their interest and talent in science or engineering. They are participants in the International Youth Science Tour organized by NASA and sponsored by a number of private organizations, including TIME...
...this week we provide detailed program notes for the drama in the form of a seven-part special section on space exploration. One article, reported by Correspondent Leo Janos, discusses how their experiences on the moon have affected the men who walked there. Correspondent Jerry Hannifin described the Apollo 17 flight plan, while Correspondent John Wilhelm assessed the scientific rewards of lunar exploration...
ONCE again the earth will tremble for miles around. Once again tongues of flame will spill across Cape Kennedy's Pad 39A. Once again a mighty rocket will lift into the sky. But, if all goes according to plan, this week's scheduled blast-off of Apollo 17 will be remarkably different from past launches. It will take place at night, turning dark into daylight at the cape, presenting a fiery spectacle that may be seen by millions of people from Cuba to as far north as the Carolinas. The magnificent display will serve as a fitting farewell...
Historians will have a difficult time explaining the decision to abandon the Apollo program. Having trained the men, perfected the techniques and designed the equipment to explore the earth's own satellite, having achieved the ability to learn more about man's place in the universe, Americans lost the will and the vision to press on. Barely three years after the first lunar landing, the nation that made it all possible has turned its thoughts inward and away from space...
...Apollo-17. Apollo Program's first prime time launch is scheduled for 9:53 p.m. from Cape Kennedy as record 13-day moon journey begins. All Channels...