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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1964

Page

8

Apollo rescue plan narrows landing area for crew

An August 9 1964 report discusses abort windows two hours apart and a 60 to 80 hour transit to transearth. Airborne tracking stations and long endur ance aircraft would refine trajectory to a 450 by 1 800 mile first area and then to 45 by 175 miles for possible rescue in the equatorial belt.

Decatur

Rescue From Lunar Flight Upends Risk For Apollo Crew

Franklin Institute researchers with Raytheon analyzed lunar mission contingencies to assure safe returns from 250000 miles away. They map aborts during powered boost, lunar injection, and post-injection phases, outlining trajectories, recovery areas, and timing from Cape Kennedy to potential earth landing zones.

John Zvara Robert L. Schroeder Raytheon Company Cape Kennedy Moon

Father Sees All Kenny Cross Forbidden Bridge

Kenny Himes four years old secretly crossed a bridge near his St Petersburg home. His father Gerald Himes a Coast Guard hospital corpsman was flying a helicopter above and saw his son cross the boundary. He spanked him that evening but gave no explanation of how he knew.

ST. Petersburg Fla Kenny Himes Kenny Gerald Himes Himes U.S. Coast Guard Air

Lunar mission progress and rescue phase still under study

The report notes that the lunar mission is advancing with most steps complete while one phase, the rescue from the lunar surface, has been ignored so far. Officials confirm this specific phase is under study and not yet resolved.

Radar researchers in California hint at smooth Jupiter region

California scientists report radar research suggesting an unexpectedly smooth region on Jupiter. The finding highlights potential new details about the planet's atmosphere and surface structure.

California Jupiter

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