Spaceland USAHouston becomes space age boomtown
Houston area growth swelled from 7500 to 50000 in a decade as Manned Spacecraft Center and NASA related industry fueled jobs, homes, schools, and commerce. Bayport complex and seaport planned to add over 25 000 new jobs and hundreds of millions in manufacturing while residents debate NASA dependence and future stability.
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Space City Shoe Service
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Telescopes To Be Placed Aboard Manned Space Station In 1972
NASA announced a revised plan to launch an unmanned Saturn 5 orbital workshop in 1972, outfitted as an Apollo Telescope Mount with nine telescopes to study the sun and universe. A three-astronaut crew will dock the station with a Saturn 1B rocket for a four week mission, followed by longer stays.
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Houston
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
NASA
Moon
Apollo 11 Seventh and Eighth Days Highlights
AP reports Apollo 11 astronauts Arm strong, Aldrin, and Collins waking after rest and firing the main engine to correct course. A 7 hour rest follows a 16 minute color telecast, while prior events include entering Earth gravity and a 3:57 p.m. engine burn. Aldrin clarifies a moon view mistaken for Earth.
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Mocea
Mission Control
Aldrin
Special Look At Michael
AP reports Mrs. Michael Collins and relatives watched Apollo 11 astronauts return on television at mission control. The scene included Edwin Aldrin Jr. sons Mike and Andy and a post splashdown party hosted by Bill Anders. George Mueller visited homes to thank the astronauts wives.
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Bill Anders
Mike Aldrin
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
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Space
Earth
Moon
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