16, 1970 34 Pages 10 Cents Flight Smooth but Cold APOLLO 13 Ire-ENTRY
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C03P THE LI32AHT Of 3 R 200 M* 2 A'/K BOCA RAIUN FLA 33432 Bobcats win fifth track crown BOCA RATON NEWS Vol. 15, No. 93 Thursday, April 16, 1970 34 Pages 10 Cents Flight smooth but cold APOLLO 13 iRE-ENTRY SEPARATION OF LUNAR MODULE AND SERVICE Apollo on track for MODULE Friday splashdown JETTISONED Lovell and his two crewmates, Fred W. Temperatures in Odyssey were in burst as expected early today and SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI)— LM AND The Apollo 13 astronauts passed the Haise and John L. Swigert, would the low 50s and ground control engineers for a while thought that the halfway mark home today with their return safely to earth Friday af- recommended the astronauts don their escaping gas might affect Apollo 13's COMMAND patchedup spaceship on true course ternoon. spacesuits before re-entry tentatively trajectory. They later determined that MODULE and their reserves of oxygen, water, "It's going a lot better than we ever scheduled at 1:08 p.m. EST Friday in it had no effect, but the gas did start power and fuel holding up well. expected," reported Lovell. the Pacific. the spaceship revolving once every Optimism both in space on ground On the day Lovell and Haise had The space center said today the two minutes. was growing that veteran James A. hoped to be walking on the moon, the "weak" tropical storm Helen is ex- "It's a little annoying," reported lunar lander Aquarius was still linked pected to be 500 miles from the Swigert, but said the constant spinning to the command module, Odyssey, as recovery area. The forecast for the was not uncomfortable. The revolving LM SEPARATES they went past the midway point at landing site was for winds of 15 knots interfered with radio communications FROM CM YOUR DAY 1:58 p.m. EST. and four feet seas which space officials periodically as antenna pointed away Chief astronaut Donald K. Slayton termed "acceptable." from earth. [RE-ENTRY^ 197D APRIL 197Q said Apollo 13 would probably try to Highly placed space agency sources The aircraft carrier Iwo Jima S M T W T hold on to Aquarius until about an hour revealed, meantime, some engineers steamed through the fringes of tropical before scheduled splashdown. now believe "some sort of foreign storm Helen to the splashdown point "If things keep going the way they matter" in an oxygen tank led to the 630 miles south-southeast of Pago Pago explosion Monday night that brought are, we're in beautiful shape," Slayton and about 3,200 miles south of Hawaii. SPLASHDOWN! said. "But you can't discount the fact failure to the $375 million mission to "I hope they split that carrier right that something else might (go out) on land Americans on the moon. down the old flight deck," Griffin said. you before you get home." They said a meteroid impact still If the weather deteriorated, Apollo Slayton said re-entry itself was "not could not be excluded as the cause of 13's dive into the atmosphere could be really difficult but the problem is one the near tragedy, but it was believed adjusted to carry the pilots over the of integrating all of these procedures the tank ruptured and carried away bad weather to a landing point a few Roads into a reasonable time line—it's the systems that resulted in loss of power hundred miles east. DIAGRAM SHOWS HOW Apollo 13 will re-enter earth's atmosphere time it takes to do them and the time is for the command module. One of the astronauts' biggest Friday. First the service module, then the LM, will be blasted free by the limited." Ground control said a decision had astronauts within the command module. LM rockets will direct final The first main step toward a problems seemed to be the cold in the As Apollo 13 steadily moved into yet to be made whether to make descent trajectory, and only the command module will make the splash- master road plan for Boca Raton command module, but this was a earth's gravity, its speed was building another minor "burn" for a final down.—UPI Telephoto will be aired at the Planning and (Continued on page 10A) up from 3,750 miles at the midway course correction. Flight director Ga- Zoning Board's regular meeting point to 24,385 miles just before it rald Griffin reported their maneuver tonight. reaches earth. late Wednesday night had headed The board will examine a The astronauts planned to shed their them into the imaginary space traffic plan developed by the service module about 4% hours before corridor leading at the proper angle city's Planning and Zoning 'Foreign matter' may re-entry. That was the section in which into the upper fringes of the atmos- department which, according to an explosion caused America's third phere. P&Z Board Chairman James moon landing mission to be aborted. Becker, represents the thinking When told the entry angle was a good The astronauts were busy preparing of bom the board and the one, Lovell replied, "Yeah, that sounds for the landing. department. pretty good. We're getting in there." Lovell and Swigert quickly hooked Griffin said later tracking data have caused explosion | The meeting is scheduled to up a loop to recharge one of the three might indicate the need for another itself which heated the oxygen at a rate begin at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI)— heated the gas until something burst, batteries in the command module and course correction, but he said this just Engineers investigating events informed sources said today. which led the pressure to rise faster Haise reported "they both came down would be to refine the trajectory. The leading to Apollo 13's emergency in The highly placed space agency than the relief valve could contain it." Jaycees here (into Aquarius) rubbing their present course, he said, was safe. space believe "some sort of foreign sources said many members of a hand- "They feel this caused the rupture of hands and shivering." A seal in a lunar module helium tank matter" in an oxygen tank may have picked group of investigators reached a yet-to-be identified component- tubing, a fitting, a valve or the oxygen The Boca Raton Jaycees will this conclusion while trying to tank itself —which carried away ad- host a district caucus tonight at Nixon outlines reorganization determine the condition of the Apollo jacent redundant systems, resulting in the Boca Raton Lion's Club on 13 service module where the explosion the loss of all three fuel cells systems." Northwest 35th street. District occurred Monday night. officers will be elected, and a "We started looking right away at Telemetry tape recorded just before district speak-up competition Postage rate pegged at 8 the probable condition of the service and during the explosion showed a involving public speaking module—with no intention of using it rapid increase of pressure in one of two abilities will be held. Members WASHINGTON (UPI) —President the present 6-cent rate would generate sent to the House and Senate in a again but to establish what its effect oxygen tanks, followed by a very from the Lantana, Boynton Nixon asked Congress today to put the more than $1.5 billion, he said. With a special message, the price of an air- would be on conditions of recovery of sudden drop of pressure in that tank to Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield nation's postal service on a patronage- temporary contribution from the mail stamp would remain at 10 cents. the astronauts," the source said. zero, the source said. Beach and Pompano Beach clubs free basis and to raise mailmen's pay, federal treasury, that would put the A plan for reorganizing the Post Of the many possible theories as to will meet there at 7 p.m. but scaled down to 8 cents his previous new system "on the road to a sound, Office Department on a patronage- the cause of the nation's worst He said the second tank's oxygen request for a 10-cent first class letter pay-as-you-go operation," he added. free, pay-as-you-go basis was spaceflight crisis, many members of pressure bled down to zero in about Quick facts rate. Under the proposals, outlined to negotiated by the Post Office the team believe some oxygen system three hours. The first class stamp increase from congressional leaders prior to being Department and seven postal unions component is the most likely source. Such an explosive rupture and resulting shrapnel could have ripped Weather: Fair through Friday, as the second phase of an arrangement They reached this conclusion while no rain in sight. High worked out after the recent wildcat trying to determine the sequence of away wires, pipes, joints and in- yesterday 89, low this mor- postal strike in parts of the nation. events. struments in the crowded equipment ning 65. Noon today 83. Low The agreement also calls for an 8 per "Although a meteoroid impact can't bay No. 4 of the service module. tonight 65, high tomorrow 85. cent pay raise for postal workers and a be excluded as a possibility," one The source compared it to a boiler room explosion. Boating: Seas 2 feet, inland mechanism for resolving possible source said, "some of those engineers waters smooth. Winds future disputes before they could think a probable cause of the original "If you have a high pressure boiler easterly at lOTnph, becoming result in a strike.