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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1972
Page
14
A historical overview traces Kennedy's moon goal and John Glenn's 1962 orbit, noting jubilation and tragedy in America's space rise. It lists key missions and crew pairs from 1962 to 1966 including Armstrong, Collins, Lovell, Aldrin, and Cernan among others.
A compact list chronicles Apollo missions from Apollo 8 in December 1968 to Apollo 15 in 1971, detailing crew members and mission highlights. It notes key milestones such as moon landings, lunar orbits, and the aborted mission, with each entry listing crew and objective.
Mercury Atlas 6 on February 20 1962 John Glenn becomes first American to orbit. Mercury Atlas 9 on May 15 1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 earth orbits in the first long American spaceflight. Gemini 4 on June 3 1965 features Ed White 211 minute space walk during 62 orbit mission. Apollo 7 on October 11 1968 marks first manned Apollo flight with 163 orbits}
The record cites Apollo 8 with Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders performing ten lunar orbits starting December 21 1968. It also notes Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong as the first man on the Moon on July 20 1969 Edwin Aldrin following while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit command module.
The article compares Apollo programs from Apollo 12 to Apollo 15 detailing crewed moon landings and lunar exploration. It notes Apollo 13’s aborted landing, cites Luna 16’s 1970 lunar sample return, and discusses cost growth from 1959 to 1972 plus debates on the merits of manned versus unmanned exploration.
Three American astronauts were killed in a Jan 27 1967 fire during a full scale Apollo program launch simulation. Virgil I Gris som 40 Edward H White 36 and Roger B Chaffee 31 all perished in the test, the first fatalities among astronauts in a space test program, with none killed in earlier aviation accidents and no casualties since.
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