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Winona State University OpenRiver Winona Daily News Winona City Newspapers 5-25-1973 Winona Daily News Winona Daily News Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/winonadailynews Recommended Citation Winona Daily News, "Winona Daily News" (1973). Winona Daily News. 1283. https://openriver.winona.edu/winonadailynews/1283 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Winona City Newspapers at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in Winona Daily News by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Cloudy and cool ' ¦ -, :' :_//, ' '' j i»'l OlifA IfOHf ' with rain toni g ht; TH I Jpjr j Bel WAY WANT ABS || ^ Things Mpyjng / clearing Saturday BW»Pigg3K2ac#;^;£a^ ¦H$j fer$& l Ou/LJtidwnaL \ avdh&wi p 0 say, can you see, by the dawn' s early Astronauts open space chase lig ht, I CAPE KENNEDY, FJa7 (AP): - Three American astronauts ;¦ \ What so proudly we hail 'd at the twi- rocketed inlo orbit today on an unprecedented mission to salvage ' lig ht's last gleaming? the crippled. Sky lab space station and make .it . their orbital home A Whose broad stripes and bright stars, for a record 28':days. • V;: ' :' ' P thro' the perilous light, Hiding withi the : all-Navy, crew of Charles Conrad "Jr., Dr. r O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so Joseph . P. KerWin and ¦Paul J. : Weitz were hopes theyVcan repair t, this .nation 's first orbiting station and save the $2.6-billioh project. gallantl y streaming? —• A Satu rn IB rocket.blasted off ' . its launch pedestal at. 8 a.m. i. And the rockets red glare, the bombs (CDT) to start the . astronauts on what could be a marathon ' ¦ ¦ ;' bursting in air, journey ; :, ' •.'.¦;¦:, 'yr;. ,ry ..' r:r - ' . \ Gave prool thro' the night that our Hag '. :-. Ten minutes later Mission Control reported, they,were: safely ,- was still there. in orbit more than 1<K) miles high. , 0 say, does that star-spang led banner yet ..: The 85^ton space station had passed over the Cape Kennedy wave area minutes before, launch and when the astronauts7 achieved , A O'er the land ol the Iree and the home orbit it was some 2,500 miles northeast of Uiem. jjj of the brave? . Wi(b mission , .commander Conrad at the controls , (he Apollo ferry slijp was to execute a series of maneuvers oyer.VA hours to track clown the target at more than 17,01)0 miles an hour. ' ' On the shore dimly seen thro the mists . Once there, they ; vvill examine damage caused :when a; heat, of the deep, t shield was ripped :away during the. launch of the laboratory¦ 11 " Where the he's haughty host in dread days ago, exposing the Jab to the extreme heat of the sun, " ir y. ¦ . ; silence reposes. ¦ ". .vThey'JL.determine how best to erect a sunshade to cool . the , / What is that which the breeze, o'er the overheated lab arid decide if they can free a jammed solar; produce more electrical povver. - : '[ %. towering steep, , pafiel -to ¦ 'If- , they '- succeed , As it f itf ully blows, half conceals, half • . , their mission could signal a new era in ^ which the United States shifts.emphasis from-space-exploration A discloses? to space exploitation , intended to ^benefit niahkind in many ways; of ' A Now it catches the gleam the morning s Conrad,. 42,.: Kemit), 4f >, and Weilz, 41 , were up early lor f irst beam, their pig day, rising at*3:45 a.m. for thei traditional astronauts' A In f ully glory reflected now shines on the laiinch day breakfast of steak and eggs. After a brief physical examination j i)r, Royce Hawkins, A stream: a : ? '77s the star-spang led banner: 0, long space.agency physician, reported: ''the crew slept well and they ' :; . ' may it wave look good. - ' yA . r . yy; yAy.yA'y yA Ay- t ' i O'er the land of the f ree and the home . Technicians helped them into their white spacesuits with ' ; of the brave! bubble helmets and Ihe American flag emblazoned on the sleeves^ i SLIM CROWD WATCHES LIFTOFF . .y. yhom the press site. Veteran space launch ob- As they left the crew quarters, they ' smiled and waved : at ¦ ¦ ; Skylab astronauts in their spacecraft atcq> • . " servers claim, today's crowd is coriipariablis ' And where is that band who so vauntingly a group of newsmen and space workers'. They boarded an air- 'i conditioned van for tlie shprt drive to the launch pad and rode Saturn IB rocket blast off from Cape Kennedy to that of the final. Gemini series- (AP il swore watc elevators to the spacecraft. ^- -Friday as a slim Crowd of new^meiri: h Photofax ) | | That the havoc of war and the battle' s jiie flouuiifluia Miijr.- niui 4 contusion, them three folded gold-and-sil- '• ¦' . sj A home and a country should leave us ver shades; one of which they Bui other methqds rehearsed 7 no more? hope, to . «rect to shadow the | | the permit {, Their blood has wash'd out their f oul f oot- Skylab from sun and > : ' them to take up occupancy for - steps pollution. a record 28 days in space. They i No refuge could save the hireling and also have tools that might . free slave ' Piras<^ I a . jammed solar panel and re- " | | Fromof the terror of f light or the gloom placements for film y aiid medi- " :A By ERIC SHARP ^k^ 21 feet above Skylab to give the canopy room to open. the ! grave: M^p^^mM^^ilHHHM g^p^^gy cine : beli-eved to have ..been: /CAPE. KENNEDY, Fla.. 10— The -Skylab 1 astronauts After isprings pop the canopy open, the umbrella will be ^¦ And the star-spang led banner in triumph spoiled, by the high heat iri tlie.. ; hope they can save America's; overheated , space station / pulled down until it is a few inches above Skylab's hulL : ¦ big; lopsided umbrella gh doth wave station's; cabin. Saturday by shoving "a '! throu a . A common umbrella ;^^ pole "attaches to the. center of its ¦ hatch in the rc»f and popping it open. ; canopy. But the pole holding up Skylab' i O'er the land of the f ree and the home Preparing various , sun shields . s gold-colored parasol " " " j other methods ' If they; 't do that ,: ca^n , can be attempted to ¦ ¦ will be set off-center. " ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ¦ National Aeronautics and Space . - . Adv iiy. Remernber-\. fo . of the brave. $ under a. crash program almost the milliph to ¦:¦¦ | | caused another delay in the. as- reduce temperatures, inside^ . $294 Skylab a liv- - ... ministration officials say this will allow the crew to rotate t tronaut; liftoff. It- already has able level, space officials said Thursday. the parasol to provide varying amounts of shade. : The primary isystem astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Paul Tliere is still some concern that intense ultraviolet radl» I 0 thus be it ever when f ree-men shall the ilag M j been, postponed 10 days because 7 " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ' ' Kerwih: will try they are ; • : * • Wietz and Dr. Joseph after; ' ' J. : ¦ - ;atiori from ¦ - ¦ • the - sun might carfise - ¦ - ¦ 7 . the parasol to deteriorate . ' ¦ i stand . • . , . : % of the launch ;mishap that, " " "i _A ' ] U ¦ , m~mmmm m mm ' ¦! . ¦ '} rocketed into space in an Apollo craft today that looks like a over a period of weeks or months. Another shade woiild be | | Between their fov'd fcomes and the war's . ~~T T T *. "". ripped a heat shield .from the ; giant 7rectangular parasol. ;/ - 7 ' ¦ "" '. substituted if that happened. Skylab on May 14: ¦ '¦;¦; ¦ . 1 desolation; And this be our motto: In Gad yis out 1 ' ;'•• ' Af(er flying their spaceship around Skylab to inspect the ;' . But if the first fails, the astronauts will try Plan 2 which ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ ' ' ¦¦ & Blest with vict' ry and peace, may the trust!" A .AAy ¦;• ; : . - Commander Conrad , with ad- damage arid clear any debris, the crew/.will dock with the : calls for an Astronaut to stand in Skylab's major airlock . .J vice from the ground, will , . 5 heav' n-rescued land And the star-spangled banner in triumph | . space station and spend thei /night in the Apollo craft. and assem¦ ble a V-shaped sunshade and push it out over th« 'AA 'A: \ make the decision ; on which of; : The next day, they will enter Skylab* carrying the poles hua .,' / .'./j Ayy AA | | Praise the Pow' r that hath made and shall wave :| the three sunshades to use after . O'er the -and of the f ree and. the home and 22: by 24-foot sheet of reflective plastic cloth that make . If that can't be done, mission commander Conrad is to I present'd us a nation! | an on-the-spot;assessment. up the space parasol. maneuver his Apollo craft within a few feet Skylab while of '' . • ' of 1 Then conquer we must, when our cause the brave! : I The astronauts plan to fly Skyl&b's '¦ umbrella will be extended through an airlock , another astronaut leans but and hooks OM end of a canopy . I it Is just, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY around the Skylab first to as- Under which a large box will be placed to form a base , for to the space station with a long pole. Conrad would gently - ¦ " - f ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^¦ ; 7 ___j AAAA iA ',:: ir AA : f sess damage caused when the the/umbrella's handle. ¦:¦ ': . ¦ . '¦ '"¦ . ' :. ' ' '" '¦ edge the :Apollo ship along Ihe space station while the other BiaiMMHMtwoay.1 "' v:mmmmmimmMma®mMm®m®smheat shield was. torn off; 63 sec- * !^^ . Then they will shove the folded canopy into Uie box and ¦ man plays out the canopy and attaches it to telescope sup- onds after launch, ; attach extension poles to it so tliey can push the umbrella -port: girders.