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Posts Tagged ‘Jim Lovell’
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The Passing Of An American Hero
Posted: Aug 12, 2011Today I was saddened to learn of the death of Colonel Charles Murray, United States Army (Retired). Here is a reposting of a story I did about him and scouting […]
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A Hero's Hero! Part I
Posted: Aug 27, 2010Everyone has a hero, someone you admire and wish to become. Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle wrote, “Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man […]
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USS Yorktown awaits Apollo 8's splashdown! Borman reports moon made of American cheese!
Posted: Dec 27, 2008Nine hundred miles southwest of Hawaii at 9:31 AM (Houston time), the USS Yorktown (CV-10) awaited the splashdown of Apollo 8 just off Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll. Unlike previous […]
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Astronaut Jim Lovell says "There is a Santa Claus!"
Posted: Dec 25, 2008The TransEarth Injection, TEI, was planned for just after midnight on Christmas Day. A successful burn would put Apollo 8 on its way back home and Houston control listened carefully […]
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Christmas Eve and orbiting the Moon
Posted: Dec 24, 2008At 2:55 AM (Houston time) Apollo 8 was go for LOI (Lunar Orbit Insertion) burn. After travelling 234,000 miles the crew of Apollo 8 were about to go into a […]
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Apollo 8 enters lunar gravitational field
Posted: Dec 23, 2008Apollo 8 began to speed up as it entered the moon’s gravitational field today. Capcom Jerry Carr asked the astronauts what they could see and Bill Anders responded, “Nothing. It’s […]
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Forty years ago!
Posted: Dec 22, 2008At 7:51 AM on 21 December 1968, a vehicle over 363 feet high leapt into the sky. The beast burnt 20 tons of fuel per second. More in one second […]