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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...
...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 not only to the departing astronauts...
Despite gloom at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, there are encouraging signs that man's ability to explore the solar system will not be completely lost. Next year NASA will use one of its surplus Saturns to launch Skylab, a primitive orbital station in which three men will remain in space for up to 56 days. In 1975 a spare Apollo will take part in the greatly publicized linkup with a Soviet Soyuz, an operation that will serve as a gesture of amity between the two great space rivals and also help develop space-rescue techniques. Finally...
...something different. Lost Horizon Producer Ross Hunter says, with characteristic modesty: "As soon as I met her I knew that if she would let me I could make her the most attractive woman on the screen. I decided to take a chance on her because I wanted to launch another Ingrid Bergman...
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...