![]() ![]() The first crew flew aboard Gemini 3 on March 23, 1965, lifting off on a Titan rocket from Launch Complex 19. Following closely behind were Project Gemini's 10 missions, with crews of two, aboard Atlas and Titan launch vehicles. Throughout the course of two years, Project Mercury had six successful launches of solo astronauts aboard Redstone and Atlas rockets. On July 1, 1962, the launch facility was given full center status as the Launch Operations Center with Debus as its first director. Debus, was an arm of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. 20, 1962, John Glenn lifted off from Launch Complex 14 aboard an Atlas rocket to become the first American to orbit Earth.Īmerica had a new set of heroes - the Mercury 7 astronauts.ĭuring these early days, the Launch Operations Directorate in Florida, under the leadership of Dr. Project Mercury already was under way, having launched the first American, Alan Shepard, on a suborbital flight - just a few weeks before the president's bold proclamation. ![]() 1 song of the year was the instrumental "Theme from a Summer Place" by Percy Faith, and the two-year-old space agency was launching rockets along the east coast of Florida. Neil Armstrong's "one small step" on the lunar surface in 1969 achieved a goal that sounded like science fiction just a few years earlier.Īs the decade dawned in 1960, gas cost 31 cents per gallon, the No. ![]() The goal - fueled by competition with the Soviet Union dubbed the "space race" - took what was to become Kennedy Space Center from a testing ground for new rockets to a center successful at launching humans to the moon. Kennedy before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, set the stage for an astounding time in our nation's emerging space program. "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth." Image above: Inside the Launch Control Center, personnel watch as the Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 astronauts lifts off the launch pad on July 16, 1969. ![]() Aldrin, Jr., from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building to the transfer van for the eight-mile trip to Pad 39A. Armstrong leads astronauts Michael Collins and Edwin E. Image above: On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. 14, 1966, the towering Saturn V rocket rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building and heads for Launch Pad 39A. Image above: In August 1965, the massive Vehicle Assembly Building was under construction. Image above: On Sept 10, 1962, a prelaunch simulation for the Sigma 7/Mercury-Atlas 8 launch of astronaut Wally Schirra was held in the Flight Control area in Mercury Mission Control. Kennedy is welcomed by a color guard and Center Director Kurt Debus (right). Image above: After arriving at the Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex Skid Strip on Sept. THEY ARE FOR DISPLAY AND ARE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HIGH VOLTAGE AND OLD AGE, AND ANY USE, RESTORATION OR ADJUSTMENTS ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK, ALL IMPORT TAXES AND FEES ARE THE BUYERS RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU PLAN ON USING THIS ITEM, HAVE IT RESTORED FOR SAFE LONG TERM USE. ALL OLD ELECTRONIC ITEMS ARE SOLD WITH NO WARRANTY, I CAN NOT GUARANTEE THAT ITEMS WILL WORK DUE TO AGE. SHIPPING RATES FOR ALL ITEMS CAN BE CALCULATED IN THE LISTING. CHECK MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE check out my other items ! AND PLEASE BOOKMARK RADIOS10467 Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! FOR GREAT ITEMS. I HAVE SUPERSIZED THE PICTURES SO YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING. THIS TV IS SOLD AS IS WITH NO WARRANTY, THEY ARE OLD AND FRAGILE AND I DO NOT RESTORE TELEVISIONS DONT LET THIS ITEM SLIP BY, THEY DO NOT COME UP FOR SALE OFTEN. WHEN TESTED I WAS ABLE TO GET A SLIGHT PICTURE BUT IT WILL NEED ADJUSTING AND RESTORATION FOR USE FOR PLAYING. ONE ANTENNA IS PERFECT THE OTHER IS A REPLACEMENT. THE CABINET IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION SEE THE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION. A TRULY GREAT PSYCHEDELIC SPACE AGE DESIGNED CABINET THAT SCREAMS OF MODERNISM. WHAT YOU ARE BUYING IS AN INCREDIBLE EARLY 1969 PANASONIC MODEL TR-005 MODERNISTIC SPACE AGE TELEVISION. WATCH EVERY WEEK FOR GREAT FEATURED ITEMS. Item: 143997334665 VINTAGE 1960s SPACE AGE PANASONIC EAMES ERA WORKING ATOMIC OLD MINI TELEVISION. Location: Monroe Township, New Jersey, US, ![]()
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