Counting Down to Apollo

One American's account of watching humanity reach the Moon

Tag: launch pad

July 13, 1969

Watching the Rollout

The Saturn V rolled out to Pad 39A last month and photographs show it standing there under the Florida sun, waiting. Three days until they light it.
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Technology April 15, 1963

The Men in the White Rooms

There are men I never hear about who suit up the astronauts on the launch pad. The closeout crew. Their job is to strap three people into a spacecraft and walk away.
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