Apollo 14
February 9, 1971
Apollo 14 splashed down today. Eight men have now walked on the Moon. After Apollo 13, I needed this. After the near-disaster that shouldn't have been, the mission that recovered and continued, this feels like proof that the program is intact. Eight men. I keep counting them.
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Apollo 13
April 17, 1970
Apollo 13 splashed down in the Pacific today. Three parachutes. Three men alive. Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise are home. When the parachutes deployed and the capsule hit the water, Betty cried. I wasn't far behind. Six days of this. They made it.
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April 15, 1970
The full story of what Mission Control did during Apollo 13 is becoming clear. The engineering problem-solving was extraordinary.
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December 27, 1968
The trans-earth injection burn fired correctly and Apollo 8 splashed down safely in the Pacific this morning. They made it.
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October 22, 1968
Apollo 7 splashed down safely today after eleven days in orbit. The mission was successful. Schirra had a terrible head cold the whole time.
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Apollo 1
June 1, 1968
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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April 10, 1967
It's been two months since Grissom, White, and Chaffee died, and the investigation is ongoing. What comes next for the Moon program?
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