Word: command
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Scott, Irwin and Command Module Pilot Al Worden did not have to undergo a 21-day postflight quarantine. But they used almost every spare moment to help in the preliminary rock analysis. They were especially interested in Scott's white, coarse-grained "Genesis rock"-which may be a fragment of the moon's original 4.6 billion-year-old crust. Indeed, the scientific dividends from Apollo 15 were proving to be so great that NASA announced that it was giving a berth to astronaut-geologist Harrison Schmitt on the final scheduled moon voyage, Apollo 17, next year. Thus...
...several chilling minutes last week, millions of television viewers wondered if Astronauts Dave Scott, Jim Irwin and Al Worden were going to make it safety back to earth. As the command module Endeavour came into sight high above the fluffy clouds over the Pacific, it became apparent that one of its three big orange-and-white chutes was fouled and thus not supporting its share of the load. Dropping into the calm seas 300 miles north of Hawaii several feet per second faster than planned, the moonship created a mighty splash. But despite the jolting landing the astronauts were safely...
Good Burn. Just before Endeavour disappeared behind the moon on its 74th revolution, ground controllers gave it a "go" for one more important maneuver: firing the command ship's big 20,500-lb.-thrust engine to kick it out of lunar orbit. "Set your sails for home," said Mission Control. "We're predicting good weather, a strong tailwind, and we'll be waiting on the docks." Thirty-five minutes later, as Endeavour re-emerged and regained radio contact, Scott gave the happy word. The 2 min. 21 sec. burn had been flawless. Said Scott: "Endeavour...
...spectators turn out each summer to watch the Marines perform at the barracks or occasionally, at the Iwo Jima monument in Arlington, Va. Often there is a dinner party beforehand at the home of one of the barracks' resident generals. This evening, General Raymond G. Davis, Assistant Commandant of the Corps, is giving one for Under Secretary of the Navy John Warner. Just before 9 p.m., the dinner guests are escorted to special reserved seats. Suddenly, on the parade deck, the bugler sounds assembly; the sergeant major strides forward to replace him. With the command, "Post!" the parade...
...deficits on Today in hopes of forcing the Daily News under. One block away in the Tribune Tower, H.F. Grumhaus, 68, the crusty, reticent chairman of the Tribune Co., will say only, "We are very pleased with the progress of Today." Given that attitude, and the reserves both sides command, the war of money losers could continue for years...