Before Pete Conrad Lands — A Note
Apollo 12 launches today with Pete Conrad, Al Bean, and Dick Gordon. We're going back to the Moon. That still sounds unbelievable.
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Five Days Before — The Last Quiet Week
Five days before Apollo 11 launches. Betty says I'm impossible to live with right now. She's correct.
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The Launch Is Three Weeks Away
The launch date has been set: July 16, 1969. That's three weeks from yesterday. I can barely sit still.
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Eighteen Months Later — I Think They’re Ready
Eighteen months since the fire. The spacecraft has been redesigned — new quick-opening hatch, new materials, 1,341 engineering changes. The Saturn V has been tested twice. Apollo 7 will carry men for the first time in a few months. I find myself thinking about Grissom again. I think he would…
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