Apollo 8 Returns: Moon Mission Ends in Pacific Landing
Astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders return to earth after a six day lunar voyage circumnavigating the moon ten times, surviving a high speed reentry of 24,630 mph and heat exceeding 5,000 degrees. They land in the Pacific aboard Yorktown and plan medical checks and Hawaii transfer before Ellington Base debriefings.
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Earth
Moon
Pacific
Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
William A. Anders
Pacific Ocean
Lovell
Shane
Anders
Apollo
Yorktown
Hawaii
Ellington Air Force Base
The
Space Center
Ellington
Fred W. Haise Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Frank Borman
Holiday Celestial Show Dazzles Skywatchers Over Christmas
The holiday season offers a bright sky display with Venus eight times as luminous as other bodies in the west, plus Pisces in the south, Jupiter and Mars after midnight, and Orion dominating near midnight. Betelgeuse, Rigel, Sirius, Aldebaran, Capella, and the Pleiades add to the celestial lineup. Kids may prefer toys and Santa’s telescope, while birds provide their own aerial show at feeders.
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Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Orion
Betelgeuse
Rigel
Santa
Navy sailor Gary Fisk on leave from See Bees routine
Gary A. Fisk, Equipment Operator Third Class in the Navy, is home on leave in Terre Haute after five weeks of instruction at Gulfport. He will report to San Juan Puerto Rico to take part in NATO Operation Springboard. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Dane O Fisk of West Terre Haute RR 1.
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Gary A. Fisk
Navy
Terre Haute
Seebees
Gulfport
Miss
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Dane O. Fisk
RR 1
West Terre Haute
Iron Specific Gravity Compared To Size Of Switzerland
A comparison states the specific gravity of iron is one and a half times the size of Switzerland, presenting an unusual proportional analogy.
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Iron
Switzerland
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