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You are a go. Water systems. Go grades operations. All clear to launch. Mercury capsule. Go. All prestart panel lights are correct. The ready light is on. In the fall of 1958, nasas first administrator, t. Keith glennan, approved project mercury with the goal of sending a man into space and bringing him home safely. And do it before the russians do it. But first, nasa needed a spacecraft. Specifications were sent to 20 companies. Eleven bid on the highly prized contract. And in january, 1959, st. Louisbased Mcdonnell Aircraft Corporation was picked to build what had never been built before. Th...

Theme from 2001. April 13, 1970, the moon could only be described as relaxed apollo 13, mans fifth lunar mission. The third scheduled to land on the moon continued its tranquil coast. Its a nice evening and we are going to close out on a pleasant evening. 13, we have got one more item for you when you have a chance. Stir up your cry of tanks. Ok. Were looking for compensation if you need it. Ok, stand by. Ok, weve had a problem here. Say that again, please . Weve had a main be interval. Ok, standby we are looking at it. Had a pretty large bang associated with the caution and warning. It spiked...

Okay. Are there any changes to the schedule, arne . Line 7 which is shown for all day all of first shift tuesday, the tank test will not start until 1,300. When do you want to run the leak check . First shift tuesday. Arne, youre going to extend the time out by five hours by cutting off in the front half of the lh2 tank . Negative. Its three hours and 32 minutes until man begins the greatest adventure in its history. If all goes well, the astronauts are to lift off on the voyage man always has dreamed about. So, it now before they go as their gleaming vehicle sits poised and peaceful out there...