Apollo 8 Pioneers Path to Moon Landings and Future Space Stations
Apollo 8 is hailed as a pioneering step opening the way to manned lunar landings, space stations, and planetary trips. NASA officials outline Apollo 9 on Feb 28, Apollo 10 in May, and Apollo 11 in July or August with a lunar landing goal for 11.
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Space Center
Houston
American Space All Friday
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Phillips
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Lunar
Gilruth
Russians describe year in simulated space cabin isolation
Three young Russians German Manovtsev Andre Bozhko and Boris Ulybyshev told reporters at a Moscow rest home about friction during a 12 month confinement in a tiny 120 square foot compartment later expanded by a greenhouse. They advised careful psychological screening for future crews and noted the challenge of acclimating after emergence from isolation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Gherman A. Manovtsev
Andre N. Bozhko
Boris N. Ulybyshev
Manovtsev
Purple Hearts planned for Pueblo crew and skipper
The USS Pueblo skipper Cmdr Lloyd M Bucher and nine crewmen will receive Purple Hearts next week for injuries from capture. Most of the 82 freed crewmen are expected to qualify for the medal for illnesses and wounds from 11 months in a North Korean prison. One crewman Fireman Duane Hodges died during the capture. Debriefing aims to uncover loss or compromise of classified equipment and information, not to judge actions during capture.
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Navy
Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Edward R. Murphy Jr
Murphy
Duane Hodges
Creswell
Ore
United States
Charles Dale Everhart
Gale E. Krouse
Krouse
Court of Inquiry
Adm
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
Message From Yank Captive Broadcast By Hanoi
Radio Hanoi aired a message from POW Cmdr. Colin H. Haynes to his wife Helene and son Tim in San Diego. The voice, identified as Haynes and bearing serial 593915, spoke aboard the USS Yorktown expressing love and well being amid the holiday season.
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Hong Kong
U.S. Navy
San Diego
Hanoi
Cmdr
Colin H. Haynes
Soviets praise Apollo 8 as Americans celebrate moon pursuit
Soviet viewers praised the US space effort after Apollo 8 astronauts won a semifinal heat toward a moon goal. Moscow radio announced Apollo 8 splashdown in the Pacific and a Russian street remark noted America’s pride. Navy reports list injuries from a capture incident with Fireman Steven Woelk among the wounded.
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Moscow
America
Pacific
Apollo 8 astronauts reach Yorktown after moon mission
President Johnson celebrated Apollo 8 with a recorded message praising the crew for their historic orbit and safe return. The astronauts were disembarked to the carrier Yorktown, underwent medical checks, enjoyed a recovery breakfast, and prepared for a 25 to 30 hour stay en route to Hawaii.
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Yorktown
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
William Anders
Johnson
Apollo 8 Fulfills Space Prophecies
Apollo 8 mission praised as historic by SPACE CENTER officials who trace the flight’s heritage to medieval and modern pioneers. Dr. Thomas O Paine cited Jules Verne H G Wells Oberth Tsiolkovsky Galileo Kepler Newton as predecessors to the era defining voyage and the moonlanding promise.
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Hermann Oberth
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Galileo
Johanes Kepler
Yorktown Sailors to Swear In Eight for Historic Bonus
Eight sailors aboard the Long Beach carrier Yorktown will take oaths for a historic reenlistment bonus with Navy Captain James Lovell Jr. administering in the carrier’s hangar. The group includes Edward Corrie of San Pedro, William Oslund of Long Beach, Raymond Kinsler of Hawaiian Gardens, plus Groves of Chula Vista, Arthur Woodward of Norfolk, Raymond Scott of Bakersfield, and Wayne Spicer of Cottage Grove.
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Yorktown
Navy
James Lovell Jr
Lovell
Edward S. Corrie
San Pedro
1.C. William F. Oslund
C. Raymond J. Kinsler
Hawaiian Gardens
Robert Groves
Chula Vista
L.c. Arthur Woodward
Norfolk
C. Raymond Scott
Bakersfield
C. Wayne E. Spicier
Cottage Grove
Minn
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