Soviet space program pursues rapid progress toward moon and stations
Soviet space program gains momentum with higher budgets and military aims. After the Komarov death, Moscow targets early manned flights and a space station, while promising bases on the moon and expeditions to other planets. U S. flights resume this month but lag in funds and official programs.
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Soviet Union plans orbital stations as path to moon
Dr. B V Raushenbakh of the Soviet Academy of Sciences argues automatic docking is essential for modern flight and that Russia will assemble stations in earth orbit rather than build a larger rocket. He cites two methods to place heavy satellites, warns of high costs, and notes unmanned linkups reduce risk. Space leaders like Leonov discuss assembling platforms in orbit before crewed flights, signaling a springboard to lunar and planetary ambitions.
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Apollo 7 set for Friday maiden shakedown orbit
Apollo 7, a 16-ton three man craft on a 480000 mile Earth orbit test, launches Friday from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 1B rocket. Astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham aim for 11 days in space with 163 Earth orbits and ocean splashdown October 22.
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Apollo 7 Flight Readies Moon Mission and Era of Space Race
The Apollo 7 crew led by Wally Schirra prepares the 50 million dollar mission to prove the moonship can operate in space for nearly 11 days. If it succeeds, Apollo 8 could launch a lunar orbit and return by December 20, advancing the two nation race to the moon.
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Eisele Honored for Cool Thinking Averted Gemini 6 Disaster
The article praises astronaut Donn F. Eisele, a perfectionist ex engineering officer and Air Force major, for his calm reasoning that helped avert disaster when Gemini 6 fizzled in 1965. It notes his 1962 Mercury six orbit mission as a textbook flight and his longer brown hair, comparing him to Schirra. He is slated to occupy the center seat in Apollo Page 19A, Column 5.
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