Word: caped
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...tests in pure-oxygen atmospheres, NASA's reasoning seemed sound. There was no apparent need for conversion to a two-gas system-a conversion that would require the complete redesign of the spacecraft and could set the Apollo program back two years. But in 14 terrible seconds at Cape Kennedy, NASA's carefully considered decision has been thrown open to question...
...were at the gravesides, and millions watched on television as the Apollo astronauts were laid to rest last week: Virgil Grissom and Roger Chaffee at Arlington, and Edward White at West Point. Of all those who paid tribute to the three who died earthbound on a launch pad at Cape Kennedy, no one put the meaning of their deaths into clearer perspective than the Rev. Conrad Winborn, pastor of Ed White's home church in Seabrook, Texas. "Let us not expect to sing the victor's song," said he, "unless we are willing to risk the harsh notes...
...mannerisms. Though he prudently stayed in the shadow of his more experienced crewmates, Chaffee shared their burning ambition to land on the moon; in the den of his Houston home hangs a map of the lunar landscape. Last summer, after watching a spectacular launching of a Saturn rocket at Cape Kennedy, Chaffee, father of two, turned to his wife Martha, and exclaimed: "It's going to be a beautiful sight. I can't wait to take a ride on that bird...
There is a second Apollo capsule waiting to be shipped to Cape Kennedy from North American Aviation's plant in Downey, Calif. There is also a back-up crew-led by Navy Captain Walter Schirra-to man the shot. But there is certain to be a long delay, for scientists must be absolutely certain that the cause of the fire is not a congenital weakness in the ship. Beyond that, it will take months to get the new capsule thoroughly tested and in position atop her Saturn 1-B. The earliest possible date that Apollo 204 could be rescheduled...
Died. Lieut. Colonel Virgil I. ("Gus") Grissom, 40, Lieut. Colonel Edward H. White, 36, and Lieut. Commander Roger B. Chaffee, 31; in an explosion while testing their Apollo spacecraft; at Cape Kennedy, Fla. (see THE NATION...