SPACE ------ tlaere - up tlaere ifl space. Astro•a•II• Ed Wllite a•d J i • McDivltt - goiflg ro1111d a11il ro••d 011r pla11et - at better tlaa• • . eve•tee• tllo••a11d mile• ,,,. Ao•r. A11oll,er ••rl•• of •lr•cles- rlgl,t o•t of B•clt Roger•. Miracle• - tl•I •r• 110 lo•ger •lr•cles •t al~. B•t ratller •re - epic •il••I•••• - I■ Ille ••rel, of scle•c• - •• m•• go•• o• .,., o■ •Illa t•• co•t•••t of •P•c•. •o f•r ••••• ,erfect - ,,. every del•ll. First Ill• a,acecrafl ••r•ll•g fro• II• , . , - ,,. tll•I volc•,alc fl••" of fir• ••d First ca•e ••rd fr•• .Tl• McDivitt - 4••crllH■6 added seco•d• later - "it loolt• gr••t from •P l,ere." A• tie Gemi•t Fo•r t•lcl,ly lteatled off ,,.,o •P•ce, lato ••cces•f11l orbit, fro• Genti11i gro•11d co•lrol SPACE - 2 ------ came Ille a,a,ao,u,ce•e,rt tllat ",oe're riglll 011 Ille •o,aey." Early i,a Ille fliglrt Ille Gemi,rl Fo11r tlld fail i,a llistory's first alle•;,t - to , 1cllleve a re•deavo•• I• •1>•c•, ,oitl, Co•ma,ad /lllot McDlvilt - tryl•g to clo•• •Ill, IIJ• •1>•cecraft'• boo•ter rocltet - tl•rl11g tllelr flr•t ta•d•• tlr•• or fo•r IJ••dretl feet •IJe11 at IIJelr clo•••t •1>1>roaclJ lo ll,e eartlJ. 'l'I• 6oo•t•r IIJ•• 1>•lli•6 •••Y lo 1160•1 1•1/ a •lie - - al tlJefr , - farlltesl />Ol•I 0111. •I> - abo•I /ift1 1>•rceral of tlelr ••••11verl11g f••I. Said JlcDlvill - "I 1111,al •• o•glll to •~act it off." After • lt•rrled co•J•rnc• al G••l•I gro••d co1tlrol - Ill• decialo• cracltled baclt llro•gl •1>•c• - - "oltay - forget I I I'' tlaat 10,.6 sle/1 11110 tlae black void of •1>ace. A,rd llov; •1. SPACE - 3 ------ ball. D"rlNg this both astroNa,,ts - aba,edo,aed tl,e clit,t,ed a,ed tecl,nical toNe of their earlier co,aversatio,es. No• 1>0•111011 so McDlvUI co•ld talte lal• t,lcl•re. 111 fact, It• accllle11lall:, fired • Jet of co•J>r••••d os:,1•• - •I Ila• •••• to lateltJe ••••I••, • total of ,.,.,.,, llaree ••••I••- I• •II. Tlte11 McDlvlll flrMI:, ord•r•d Ill• ga:, t,•rl•er · "Get Ill• bac/t I• - :,011 l,atJe l•e•t1 seco,eds. '' TIie order - obeyed. Botll •e• back ,,. Ille •J>acecrafl to,elgl,t - tl,e toast of tl,e 11alio" - t lie toast SPACE - 4 ------- of tl,e .,orld. Maybe - evc11 t•e ,.,,,verse. As for tl,e rest of tlte ••••1011, if all go•• •• •ell as it "•• so far - ,,.e l•o aatro,aa.,la •ill fl1 • lol•I r~t•ol•llo•s of tl,e ••rll,, before 11,ey sf>la•• do•• ,,. llu, All••llc - off Be · r••II•, Mo•d•Y aflerflOOfl. More Ill•• tl,•I - _ ,,,., l,of>e to l,ave 1>rotJlll•II • Ila• •oo• - lo Jl•r• ••d ••16e be10,ell. FAIIILIES They also serve -- who only sit and wait. bong those waiting today at Seabrook, Texas -- the wivee and children or Ed White and Jim NcD1vitt. Who live about t1ve / ■ilee -- rroa the Manned Spacecraft center 1n Houaton. At the White houeehold -- the alar■ clock•• ••t for f1ve-tb1rty -- but it never got a chance to go o;f;:,-, White•• up at the crack of dawn -- thl children 1bort11 thereafter -- to ntch the count-down at Cape DnnldJ. 'ftlan -- a plea1ant 1urprl1e. A telephone oall -- froa bu1band-and-fathlr Ed White. Thi convereation -- etrictly private, of couree. Except for Jlre. Vbite 1 1 la1t wordl -- to hlr h\llband. Said ehl -- "have funl" ~ ~~'- ,;•l..tet -1«,,.,.. ~ ~ ~ -G~ 1-P ~ For thl otblr Pat -- Pat llcD1vltt -- it - up and oft to church early th11 ■ornlng. Poll0111d by a fa■llJ breakta1t -- ot pound cake and orange Julee. 'l'hln thl long wait -- broken again only by a brief personal phone call -- fr01t cape Kennedy. PAIIILDS- • 2 At 1a1t -- blaet-orr. Vhtreupon eight-year-old Nike NcDivitt looked up and 1houted -- "Hey, look -- D1ddJ 1 1 in there." A abort dl■tanc• ••1 -- eteven-1••r-old 1441• lllllte -- IUllllld up the ••nti•ntl ot. nltion. Slid ht -- "It 1 1 1r1at!" t MIICICOR Jlel.£0 W l'.Jl.tlf'IJSffr -------------------------- /4,Ji: V, telecast of Ille eve11t - Preside11I #•••••• foM11d l,h11self ~ L,B.r, loolti,ag at - Pre•ide,at at••••••· Tl,e re•Mll of live I... leleviaio,e coverage - fro,,, tl,e Wl,ile HoMae itself. tl,e Pr••itl••I i• ,aol •o val• - ll,•I lie l,aa lo ••lcl, 1,I •••If ,. I ' After Geml•I-Fo11r • .,llat r,ext ,,. •t>•c•? More co••o•ly callell - •t>•ce •l•llo••· To co•t ••1•lt•r• fro• /i1Je to I•• bllUo,e tloll•r• - apl•c• . •• ,,, ,,.. Bo••· co .... ,,, •• - .. ,. lo ,.,.,, • • • • Ofl ,,. . . . . . . . - llte co••lllee r•1>orl. So •• ca,e "calcle •I> a,UI tie R••••••• - ,., teclt,eology ••lcll ••Y "•"• vital •llll•ry o• ear tie. IYIS Today•e take-otr wae broadcaet live by t111vi11on to Europe -- via the Early Bird C01111un1cat1on1 Satellite. And carried by vlrtua11, every •Jor tele•l■ lon network -- on botb 1td11 or the Iron Curtain; b11t not ln RU11la. On So•l•t rdlo and t•l••l■ lon -- ne •ntlon at all of plan, to, tbl tlllbt. And tr• tbl So•l•t .... apn,, ,aas -- onlJ tll banlt cle1er1,t1on or tlll 1auncbln1; al1111 wlth an abbre•lalN ntpt plan. TIii tact that the A•rlcan■ would atte■pt to top tbl So•l•t 1,ace •lit or iut a.eh! !bat - lpol'ed •· ~,,,aewi,