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...been plagued by technical troubles during its development over the past decade and is two years behind schedule. Last week's tragedy was the first loss of life at the launch site of a manned space flight since three astronauts died in a capsule fire in the Apollo I spacecraft...
...fighters landing on a Navy aircraft carrier. But then comes the soft sell: those are Grumman planes. Other World on Parade segments have included a mini-tour of a Chrysler factory where robots help assemble K-cars and a message for Krugerrands showing how gold was used in the Apollo spacecraft that flew astronauts to the moon. Also featured are nature sequences starring chimpanzees, reindeer, geese and kangaroos...
...world's most famous reporter--whose most memorable stint came in 1969, when he spent more than 100 hours before the camera describing the flight of Apollo 11--read his last story, appropriately enough an update on America's space shuttle project, and then turned to an estimated 29 million viewers for a moment of reflection...
...hotter than the boiling point of most metals. The engines deliver a thrust of more than 1 million Ibs. (roughly the power output of 23 Hoover Dams). They pack three times more power for their weight than the J-2 engines that bore the Apollo astronauts aloft. Unlike the J-2s, they are not dropped away after takeoff but are designed to be reused for as many as 55 flights, and to be throttled up and down, producing more or less power as needed...
...city within a city. Harlem is not the biggest black community in the country, but it is the most important, and even today there are memories of the golden days when tourists came from all over the world for a night at the Cotton Club or the Apollo Theater. This four-part series is both a history and a celebration of those storied blocks of uptown Manhattan, a fascinating scrapbook of a lost and almost forgotten time...