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...head for the hills!" called Cape Kennedy launch control to the Apollo crew. Apollo 13 did just that. It lifted off into the hazy Florida skies in a cloud of flame and, only six-tenths of a second late, headed toward the hilly highlands near the lunar crater Fra Mauro, 246,000 miles away...
Swigert, too, will be left behind on Wednesday night, to orbit the moon in the command module Odyssey while Lovell and Haise make their scheduled descent in the lunar module Aquarius to land near Fra Mauro. Stopping 500 ft. or so west of their spacecraft on their first moon walk (see diagram), they will deploy a set of nuclear-powered experiments that should radio data to earth for at least a year. Their equipment will include two ingenious new devices to pry more secrets from the moon as well as the space around...
...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 Past. Fra Mauro is a particularly interesting highland area. Blanketed with rock and soil, it is covered with debris that was probably ejected by the massive impact that created Mare Imbrium, or Sea of Rains, some 300 miles to the north. Indeed, some of this primordial matter, thrown up from depths of 100 miles or more, may have been involved in the original formation of the moon. Fra Mauro is probably also covered by other layers of debris that were spewed out by the meteorite impacts that created the craters Eratosthenes and Copernicus. In addition, volcanic material...
...Founder Mauro Tappella, 26, a student at the University of Rome, says that his movement, now perhaps 2,000 strong, is building a new "European soul." Apparently it can already muster surprising political strength. In a matter of hours, it persuaded 74 members of the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies to demand official efforts to free the jailed TSUM leafleteers. So far, Moscow has not obliged. The students, who stand to be charged with "hooliganism," face up to five years in jail...