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...target for Apollo's lunar module, which the astronauts have named Aquarius, is an area near the Crater Fra Mauro (named for a 15th century Italian monk-cartographer). Located 110 miles from Apollo's Ocean of Storms landing site, the target area is covered with jagged hills and ridges, some of them hundreds of feet high. There are relatively few level sites in the vicinity, and the landing will require all of Command Pilot Lovell's skill. But the Apollo 13 astronauts-whose motto is Ex Luna, Scientia (From the Moon, Knowledge)-are taking the risk because...
...lunar lander separated from the mother ship while the two were circling the moon at an altitude of 69 miles. But Apollo 13's command vehicle, Odyssey, will be sent into a more elliptical lunar orbit that will drop it to a height of only nine miles before Aquarius is released. As a result, the lunar lander will use less fuel in its final descent and have enough left to hover a crucial 15 seconds longer before touching down. That extra time may well be necessary to find a level landing site on the rugged landscape...
During their two lunar walks, the astronauts may stay out as long as five hours and venture nearly a mile from Aquarius. Besides the usual rock collecting and photographic chores (movies and stills), they will take several cores of moon material with a battery-powered drill that can penetrate as far as 10 ft. below the surface. But the most adventurous part of these excursions should be the climb to the 250-ft.-to-400-ft.-high lip of Cone Crater, where the astronauts hope to chip away at the car-sized boulders that may be part of the rook...
...Friday morning, the moon walkers will rejoin their fellow astronaut Mattingly, still orbiting in Odyssey, send Aquarius crashing into the moon about 42 miles from its original landing site, and head for home. Ten days after the launch from Cape Kennedy, the astronauts are scheduled to splash down in the Pacific about 200 miles south of Christmas Island, bringing back samples that should add immeasurably to man's knowledge of his nearest celestial neighbor...
...doctorate in English literature (1948), and she became college president in 1957. Six years later she was elected Mother General. Says Corita Kent, the ex-nun and artist who is the order's most famous alumna: "She is a quiet leader, perfect for the age of Aquarius, when, you know, there are no big heads...