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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

18 Dec 1968

Page 6

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1968

Page

6

Apollo Moon Landing Plans Face Key Lunar Module Tests

The article outlines Apollo 9 lunar module test flights with James McDivitt leading, David Scott and Russell Schweickart aboard. It details Stafford's Apollo 10 plan to orbit and descend near 50 000 feet, and the aim to prove rendezvous and thruster operations before a real landing.

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Sea of Tranquility Censorinus Earth Pacific Ocean America Moon Air Force James A. McDivitt David R. Scott Russell L. Schweickart Thomas Stafford Navy John Young Stafford Eugene A. Cernan Young NASA Cernan Christopher C. Kraft
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NASA faces funding cuts slow lunar program and rival Soviet push

The article notes NASA will slow after the first moon landing with funds only for four more astronaut launches, including a second Moon visit and three earth-orbit space station missions. It warns the USSR may overtake the US in the 1970s with a base on the Moon, a large station, and interplanetary missions.

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U.S NASA Moon Earth United States Congress Schirra James E. Webb Webb Lovell
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Man seeks false teeth for stuffed moose head in COHASSET

Charles Condon of Cohasset Mass says he wants a set of false teeth for his mounted stuffed moose head to stop its ridiculous smirk he can no longer tolerate. He noted the moose was on the wall when he moved into his apartment on Tuesday.

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