Genesis by Robert Zimmerman

Author:Robert Zimmerman [Zimmerman, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: United States, 20th Century, vl-nfspace, History
ISBN: 9780985114169
Google: VvIBBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00L77YPA6
Publisher: Mountain Lake Press
Published: 2012-10-01T03:55:24+00:00

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It was now 4:29 AM (C.S.T.) on earth. The men in Houston’s mission control waited, barely able to speak or breathe. In the homes of the astronauts everyone watched the television with apprehension. The only sound was Jerry Carr’s voice, repeating his prayer-like litany into the radio, calling for Apollo 8.

Then, just as predicted, the control room reacquired signal from the spaceship, confirming the successful orbit insertion. Someone excitedly yelled, “We got it! We got it!” and then Jim Lovell’s voice responded, “Go ahead, Houston.” Amid the cheers and shouting that now filled mission control, Lovell dryly gave them a report on the engine burn. “Burn on time, burn time four minutes, six and a half seconds.”

In the Anders home Valerie listened, heard they had gotten into lunar orbit, and then went back to bed. It was all very exciting, but her young family would need her well-rested when they woke in the morning.

In the Lovell home there were cheers and screams of joy. Marilyn was honored that Jim’s voice was the first ever heard from lunar orbit.

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