Apollo 8 Prepares For Moon Orbit Flight
Apollo 8 launch team begins critical activation of three fuel cells supplying power for the mission. Astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders slow training as countdown tightens toward Saturday launch at 7 51 a m EST. They aim to orbit the moon for 20 hours at Christmas time. Lovell and Anders spend time with wives Marilyn Lovell and their two older children Barbara and James while awaiting launch.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A
Anders
Delta
Lovell
Houston
Tex
Marilyn Lovell
Barbara
James
Susan
Jeffrey
Lovell Anders and Borman Gear Up for Apollo 8 Launch
Valerie Anders and Susan Borman in Houston anticipate the Saturn 5 liftoff as Apollo 8 crews meet experts to finalize flight procedures. Lovell will track lunar landmarks and photograph sites during multiple orbits, hoping to map landing zones and test navigation in a stereo lunar view. The crew seeks to discover active volcano regions reported by Russian scientists.
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Valerie Anders
Houston
Susan Borman
Moon
Lovell
Lunar
Mount
Marilyn
Anders
Apollo 8
U.S
Borman
NASA
Communications Satellite Readied For Final Orbit
A $6 million Intelsat 3 communications satellite built by Comsat and its 62 partner nations heads to final position in a 22 000 mile high orbit. The launch promises five times the traffic capacity at half the price and could relay Apollo 8 TV signals. The satellite will reach a circular 2 000 mile high orbit after a precise engine burn and aims for commercial service early next year with 1 200 telephone links or four simultaneous telecasts.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Comsat Corp
South Atlantic
Martin J. Votan
Comsat
Joseph V. Charyk
Intelsat
Eisenhower
Intelsat 3
Americas
Europe
Africa
Sentinel System anti ballistic missiles planned near Seattle
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford tentatively approves two Seattle area locations near Port Gamble and Fletcher Bay for sentinel anti ballistic missiles and radars. The sites will be part of a nationwide 15 to 20 installation system costing about 5.5 billion dollars aimed at intercepting intercontinental missiles in the early 1970s. Seattle area sites require 150 to 250 acres each and a final decision is due by month’s end. Fletcher Bay will host long range Spartan and short range Sprint launch cells, a missile site radar, and support facilities.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Seattle
Wash
Army
Port Gamble
Fletcher Bay
United States
Boston
Chi
Cago
Detroit
Chicago
Clifford
Congress
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