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Spaceport News Vol.8, No.15 Jul.23, 1969 SPACEPOR~:l' ~#T"'//~• . -",dd. • ., Vol. 8, No. 15 Kennedy S~- NEWS LIFTOFF pace Center, FIO~rida~-- U. S. LandROMMKSC FLAWLESS -----:Y:Ju"':"""'"""ly23-,1969 S en Moon RICHARD M NEIL Al1~STRONG President, UNSIXON..A. Apollo ommande'r DR.NASATHOMASAd .~. PAINE MICHAELM~OLLINS InInIstrator Command ule Pilot . DR. KURT H ' EDWIN A Director,C·KSDEBUS APOLLO 11 LIFTS OFF FOR MOON Lunar ModuL1DRIN e Pilot Pa~e 2 SPACEPORT NEWS July 23, 1969 KSC Launch Sends' Apollo 11 to Moon ACE CONTROL ROOM, MSO BUILDING "Twenty seconds and count­ termine what implications the hard work was. Thank you." tor for Manned Space Flight, ing. T-15 seconds, guidance Apollo 11 mission will have said, "I must say that this is is internal, 12, 11, 10, 9, ig­ for the future. Generations PAINE PROUD the most professional count­ nition sequence starts, 6, 5, to come will better be able to NASA Administrator Thom­ down, the most professional 4, 3, 2, 1, zero, all engines evaluate what is meant by as O. Paine said, "I know operation, most professional running, commit, LIFTOFF. opening the door t<J the uni­ that everybody in the KSC crew and the best viewing in We have a liftoff, 32 minutes verse. launch team knows how I feel the history of our program. past the hour. Liftoff on about the dedicated, compe­ "Seven successful launches Apollo 11. Tower cleared." DEBUS STATEMENT tent work that you've done on time is a record that has These final few seconds Speaking to the KSC launch over all these years to achieve never been achieved before .of the countdown for the tru­ team in the firing room after a record that's almost unbe­ and I trust will be continued ly historic launch of Apollo liftoff, KSC Director Kurt lievable. to be achieved from now on. 11 astronauts Neil Arm­ H. Debus stated: "With some pride, I think "We've started the first strong, Michael Collins, Ed­ "I am very grateful for I can speak for the entire mission to land men on the win Aldrin signified that the what you have done over the Apollo team to thank the tre­ moon. As I look forward in hard work, long hours and years, pulling out of the deep mendous performance of this the months and years ahead mental effort put forth by the trouble we were in and bring­ group. All we can all say is to other missions that carry thousands of KSC Govern­ ing us up to a status where thanks. men from this planet to other ment and Contractor em­ we can indeed look forward to "It's going to be a perfect planets, first to the moon and ployees had been worth it. a successful lunar landing mission. I know it. All the then to Mars and on, I'd like This great human effort now and to a continued Man­ way. Thank you." to say that I can't think of a - combined with the great­ ned Space Flight program in Dr. George E. Mueller, better foundation than the est technically advanced ma­ the future. Thank you, very NASA Associate Administra.;. (See KSC, Page 3) chines ever created - will very much." go down in history as one of Launch Director Rocco A. the greatest single undertak­ Petrone simply said: ings attempted by man. "All I can say is, thanks Those living now simply for all the hard work. And, do not have the vision to de- you know I know what the TEST SUPERVISOR Bill Schick, third from right, co­ ordinated the final countdown for the Apollo 11 moon­ KSC DIRECTOn Dr. Kurt H. Debus, center; Rocco A. landing mission. Others who played key roles in launch Petrone, Director o( Launch Operations, right; and Wal­ operations included Robert Moser, sixth from right, Chief ter J. Kapyran, Deputy Director of Launch Operations, of Test Planning Office; Paul Donnelly (on phone), left, keep a close eye on the progress of the countdown Launch Operations Manager; Karl Striby, Schick, Ronald of Apollo 11. Bentti and Norm Carlson, Launch Vehicle Test Conductor. July 23, 1969 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 ~' "l.~'- I&__....l-lI£...._ ,ENJOYING AN evening meal p,rior to the Apollo 11 liftoff the next morning are, from left across the table, WAVING GOOD-UY to KSC employees is Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Aldrin and Commander Neil Commander Neil Armstrong, followed by Command Mod­ Armstrong and, second from right, Command Module ule Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Pilot Michael Collins. Others seated around the table, Aldrin, as they depart the MSO Building to board the from left, are Fred Haise, Donald K. Slayton, James space vehicle. Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Ron Evans and William Anders. mination of nine years work described the launch as "mar­ and I think that the techni­ velous. You just have a feel­ ques that have been developed ing that you've seen one of KSC by NASA through the use of the greatest events of human • • • the university complex, Amer­ history. The idea that those efforts, the perseverance and whole world is proud of it. ican industry, American la­ men are going on a trip to the dedication of all of you "The moon is wonderful but bor have been put together another planet where they ex­ people over these many years the moon itself isn't too im­ to make this thing what it is. pect to put their feet and that have made this possible." portant. The fact that we can "It's a great combination come back home and that this get there and get back is great country is making it PHILLIPS' THANKS and, of course, I look forward what's important. I think to the time when we can greet possible. Apollo Program Manager we'll go right ahead with our these people back here when "I felt a thrill inside me to Sam Phillips told the team space program." they will perform one of the think that I live in a country that "getting them off in this greatest feats in the world, that could do that. It was a style is the finest thing we SOLONS SPEAK putting a foot on another great thrill. And we all pray­ could do to insure the success Rep. George Miller, D­ planetary body." ed in our hearts for those of this mission. Calif., Chairman of the House great men." LAUNCH MARVELOUS "I want to thank you all Committee on Science and As­ Actor Hugh O'Brien said very much for the tremendous tronautics, said, "It's the cul- Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., "It's one of the most fan­ job. The future of the space tastic sights I've ever seen. program is directly linked in­ A great tribute, not just to to the kind of performance Vice President Speaks the technicians and the astro­ that we could show the Amer­ U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said it was his first nauts, of course, they're fan­ ican people. tastic, but all the little guy's "I'm absolutely certain that time to view a launch from outside the firing room and "it's a different ball game out there. efforts that went into putting as we continue to demonstrate this whole thing together. this kind of performance we "You get a little bit more of the sense of the power of can certainly get an extremely those rockets, but all the time I was out there I couldn't help "All the people who work powerful forward looking thinking of you, the people in here and all over NASA who here at this complex. The space program for the next have done such a brilliant job in putting together the com­ thousands and thousands of decade and the decade after bined effort behind these three gentlemen who are off on this man hours that went into this that. historic mission. effort. A beautiful, beautiful sight." "Thank you very, very "I had a chance to do a little television. I want to tell much for all your support and you I hit the bullet for you today as far as Mars is concerned. Television personality Jack help." Benny said, "My reaction is "But on the other hand, in case any of us become too exactly the 'same as every­ Dr. Wernher von Braun, enthusiastic, I want to let you know that I may be a voice Director of the Marshall body else's. It's probably the in the wilderness. However, I feel very strongly that in spite most exciting moment that I Space Flight Center, said, "I of the fact .that excellent arguments can be made against would like to thank all of you can think of in my lifetime our technological ability to articulate such a mission at this and I've lived a long time. for a magnificent job. We time - in spite of all of the progress that has come about in knew we had good hardware, "I can't think of anything these programs over a period of time, leads me to a sense more exciting than to see but you also know there's a of intense confidence that this is going to happen, and it's lot of room for mistakes and three fellows taking off to go not going to happen whether somebody says it or not, and it's to the moon. I can't think of this is the sixth one in a row. going to happen before the end of this century.
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