Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

mm jJ Bin mm I i 1 JUL I was not monitored. i Sleeping In the cramped quar that earthllngs could watch their entire pcrbd outside 3 hours, 14 minutes for Armstrong and one hour, 44 minutes for Aldrin. One of those who could not, through when President Nixon placed an extraordinary radio call to Armstrong and Aldrin as they strolled the surface. As they flanked the American nag. Nixon said, "I can't tell you how prmid we all are of By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) Nell A.

Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. blasted off 'safely from the moon and Into lunar orbit today, beginning the ters of the LM is difficult and Aldrin reported: "Neil has been lying on the engine cover and I curled up on the floor.H ilk. j. fc watch on television was Collins, flying the lonely vigil overhead, what you have done for every American.

This has to be the awaiting the return of his com- I proudest day of our lives panions. He checked with mis sole and insides of my I only go in a fraction of an inch, maybe one-eighth of an inch. I see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine, sandy particles." He panned the camera over thousands of small craters thai pocked the surface and at the horizon accentuated against a pure black sky. "It has starry beauty all its own," he said. "It's much like-, the high desert of the United States.

But it's very pretty out here He reported the surface was generally soft and cohesive but that he occasionally hit a hard "spot when jproblni With his shovel-like sample collector. The samples Apollo 11 brings Checking of systems and switch settings for the critical liftoff was the No. 1 prioriy af-er wakeup. A successful liftoff would shoot them Into lunar orbit to chase down Michael Collins, orbiting some 69 miles overhead in the Apollo 11 command ship. Once linked up, they plan to fire themselves back toward earth early Tuesday, ending a complex maneuvers to link up with their mother ship.

They left behind their footprints in the lunar dust and in' the history of man. Their liftoff began 60 seconds after the command ship, with Michael Collins its lone passenger, passed 69 miles above Tranquillity Base. Seven minutes later, they entered orbit sion control occasionally for a progress report on the surface activity, but he generally was a forgotten man to the world. Armstrong and 'Aldrin gave vivid descriptions of their wild and wondrous world and collected two boxes of rock and soil "For people all over the world I am sure that they too join with I Americans recognizing what an immense feat this is. Because of what you have done the heavens have become part of man's world.

"For one priceless moment the whole history of man," the samples which they will return space odyssey in which they etched their names beside those President Hall of the J. to earth for analysis. 'tvT- tiv people on this earth are truly' The moonmen also deployed one. two scientific instruments on One in their pride in what you the moon to relay data long aft-have done, one in our prayers er they left. They were a sels-that you will return safely to mometer to measure moon- of history's great explorers, Columbus, Balboa, Magellan, da Gama and Byrd.

Through the magic of television, an estimated 500 million people around the world had a ringside seat to man's greatest adventure. Michael Collins the dangerous descent: "The Eagle is flying." There were Armstrong's and man's first words from the and a 3H hour chase began. If all went well, the two ships would link up at 5:32 p.m. EDT. and head for home at 12:57 a.m.

Tuesday. Their thrust lander, which settled them onto the surface Sunday for a 21 Mi hour stay, served them, too, at liftoff. They left behind the spindly-legged lower stage, their launching platform, as a permanent memento of July 20, 1969 the day man landed on the moon. Neil A. Armstrong the search to learn more about moon and earth.

As Armstrong planted his size 9 '4 left boot on the powdery surface at 10:56. p.m. Sunday, he spoke words that will be' re quakes and other disturbances and a small mirror to reflect earth laser beams fired from California back to earth earth." Although at times it appeared they were on a romp in the park. Armstrong and Aldrin carried out a true exploration of the moon. Several times they tested their ability to move about in the one-sixth gravity field of the moon, loping like antelopes, and It was unforgettable.

Armstrong climbed through the LM hatch and started backing down a nine-rung ladder. On the second from the bot The sensitive seismometer. monitored on earth, picked up the footsteps of the astronauts and recorded a thump when 1 they turned litterbug and dumped a bag of unneeded Edwin Aldrin flag and saluted it, but made it plain they came to the moon as ambassadors for all mankind. They unveiled a stainless steel plaque bearing these words: "Here men from planet earth first set foot upon the moon, July. 1969.

AD We came in peace for all mankind They left on the moon a disc on which messages from the leaders of 76 nations had been recorded. They will return to earth with them the flags of 136 nations, including Russia. And they left behind mementos for three Americans and two Russians who died for the cause of space exploration. The theme was carried home could provide clues to origin of the moon, the earth and perhaps the universe. Aldrin said that when he kicked his toe into the dusty surface the particles flew quite a distance in the moon's light gravity, where objects weigh only one-sixth what they would on earth.

The bulky, multi-layered spacesuits, which cost $300,000 each, protected Armstrong and Aldrin from extreme temperatures which ranged from 243 degrees aboe zero in sunlight to 279 degrees below in shadow and from tiny micrometeorites which bombard the moon from space. bouncing like kangaroos. equipment overboard after re- i moon's surface after touchdown at 4:18 p.m.: "Houston Tranquillity base here. The Eagle has landed." Or when Aldrin. a deeply religious man, relayed this message to the world shortly after the landing: "This is the LM pilot.

I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening, whoever, wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." They planted an American "It's not difficult, at all mov- turning to their landing vehicle membered for all time: "That's one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind." The camera trained on Aldrin as he stepped on the far shore 20 minutes later and exclaimed "Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation." There were other memorable utterances during the day of high adventure. There were Armstrong's words when Eagle separated from the command ship to start tom, he opened a compartment, exposing a television camera. The picture was black and white and somewhat jerky, but it recorded history. Among scientists, there was elation that the crew had landed in an area with a variety of rocks, a treasure that held at least the hope of a rich payoff in It was the first time a rocket had lifted anything from the moon. Mission control awakened the moonmen shortly after 11 a.m.

following a six-hour rest period. Instruments which monitored Armstrong during the night indicated he slept fitfully. There is only one set of biomedical instruments in the cabin so Aldrin mg about in one-sixth "The surface appears to be qommander Armstrong report-J very, very fine grained." Armed, as he flashed before the strong commented after his first camera like a graceful gazelle, i steps. "It's almost like powder. The camera was mounted 40 The dirt adheres in fine layers or 50 feet away from the LM so like powdered charcoal to the TV Coverage Of Apollo 11 Following is the Apollo cov ILLIN0IS MATTOON TTTTL1 erage scheduled by the three major television networks to- day and Tuesday.

Today CBS and NBC, conclusion of 31 hours of continuous cover- age through' 5 p.m.; ABC, i conclusion of 30 hours continuous coverage through 5 p.m., 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Apollo "spe- 114th YEAR 155 18 PAGES MONDAY, JULY 21, 1969 10 CENTS PHONE 235-5656 i On Lunar Surface Stos Ccoyifcy Tuesday ABC, 8:02 to 8:17 p.m., live pictures from capsule; 8:58 p.m., progress report; CBS, 8 to 8:20 p.m., live transmission, progress reports throughout the day; NBC, 11:50 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. (Wednesday) rocket firing for return to earth. the two planets to an accuracy of six inches. And they planted By SAUL PETT SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) They took their first steps onto the moon cautiously, in Staten Island.

As they acquired confidence, they walked faster, now with a slow bounce in the one-sixth gravity of the moon. And then a disaster, dead. They looked ghostlike on the soundless, airless, mostly colorless mooi. Over the curving horizon, only one and a half soles of my shoes. You go down only about an inch." And for the doctors: "There seems to be no difficulty in moving around." And for the geologists and the biologists and the others seeking the flag of their country on the still face of the moon.

Finally. Aldrin to Earth: "Anvthing for us before I head up?" like prudent boys testing the first ice of winter on a country they ran and their stride was miles away on a planet smaller pond longer man on eartn and their than earth, there was the black- the age of the solar system and Earth: "Negative. Head on up When first they walked, they snoes see0 suspended on tne i ness ot space and intinity. i ne walked carefully and slowly, range 'unar surface- foreground was starkly lighted the secret of life he immediately the ladder, Buzz. Buzz was first up.

Armstrong leaning forward, plodding heavi-; hj u.c hkh wiymy samples of rock. "Contingency" their vehicle cast long shadows, lv like tired old rnn nn a heat i of figures on slow motin fil I When they were still, they I i 3 i The Moon July 20, 1969 Cloudy skies cleared over Mattoon Sunday night and perhaps one of the strangest sensations for earth-bound observers of the flight of Apollo 11 was provided when one went outside to look at a moon on which knew Americans were walking. This photograph was taken only moments after the American flag was placed on the surface of the moon. (J-G photo by Dave Schaltz) stayed a few minutes longer, carefully guiding the hoisting of the rock boxes like the last pirate off an island with a load of gold. Then Armstrong climbed up.

the captain being the last to return from alien land. -BULLETIN- seemed very still, as if frozen, and they leaned forward like puppets to be at a lunar form of attention when the president spoke to them from earth. All the while, the earth was "bright and beautiful" above them. In this first incredible It was dawn on the moon and a dawn in the history of man. Neil Alden Armstrong, formerly of 601 West Benton Wapakoneta, a town in Ohio, a state in the United States, a country on the planet earth, extended his left foot onto the moon.

"That's one small step for in case he had to leave in a hurry. And Buzz Aldrin came down, the second man on the surface of the moon. And together they walked and ran like kids at recess and then like men with the responsibility of the ages they went to work. They gathered rocks, they set up a foil panel to measure the JODRELL BANK, England (AP) Russia apparently landed its unmanned Luna 15 space probe on the moon to day of -an incredible new era Wives day just as American astro Avoll one needs to repeat that: the 1 man, one giant leap for man And now the moon was mo-1 tionless again. All that re- mained was the landing craft, looking like a surrealistic crab, and the scientific instruments, and the American flag frozen in arrested motion, and in the still-, ness the mystery of the moon began to end for scientists and earth was above them.

kind," he said. The first words-1 solar wind, they installed a seis- In the distance, the lunar sur-1 were fine. History would be con- mometer to probe the interior of Proud, Happy the moon, they set up a small mirror to reflect laser beams from earth, to measure the quarter million miles between face looked pocked and leathery like the back of a dead alligator. Closer up, it looked like rubble, like earth levelled roughly after tent. Now for the scientists: The surface is fine and powdery.

It adheres like charcoal to the the mystique of the moon began to end for poets and lovers. SPACE CENTER, Houston sleep late today before the next (AP) No different from the critical phase, blastoff from the rest of the nation, the proud Apollo 11 wives struggled to find enough adjectives to express their feelings for their then on the moon. moon. Tuesday night, if everything goes right, the three wives will be honored at a presplashdown party given by astronaut Bill nauts Neil A. Armstrong i Edwin E.

"Buzz" Aldrin Jr. prepared to take off, Jodrell Bank Observatory reported. Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell said the probe transmitted signals "appropriate to a landing" and it appeared the unmanned craft had left orbit and touched down on the moon Prof. John G. Davies, Lov-ell's aide, said at 12:05 p.m.: "Luna has He reported Luna's landing site was near the Sea of Crises, about 500 miles from the Apollo site in the Sea of Tranquillity.

He said the last signals from Lnna were "appropriate to a soft landing." "The evening has been unbe-! Anders lievably perfect," Mrs. Neil I "Tne splashdown will be the Armstrong said today after watching, the moon explorations Medal Designed This photograph shows both sides of the commemorative medal designed in honor of man's first flight to the moon and the men who landed there the Apollo 11 astronauts. The medal was designed by New York sculptor Ralph J. Menconi and is being struck in both silver and bronze. (AP Wirephoto) McDowell Bros.

Plumbing and heating. Phone 235-0762 or 235-1488. of her husband and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. "It is an honor and best part of the flight." Mrs.

Aldrin said Sunday at a news conference. And Mrs. Armstrong did not consider the moon landing greatest moment of her life. "That was when we were married," she said. telrf vim- privilege to share with my hus band, the crew, the Manned Spacecraft the Ameri can public and all of mankind this magnificent experience of Todai the'beglnnlng-ot; tion." Journal Earlier, Mrs.

Armstrong ex pressed her feelings much more Temperature I p.m. 88 Partly cloudy and not much: temperature change tonight and Tuesday. Lows tonight from the mid to upper 60s. For Sale The home of Denny Hamilton, including barber shop 3008 Pine. Call 234-3027 or 234-3533.

simply. "I was tremendously excited," she said. "It was hard to think it was Charleston News Comics IS Editorial 4 Entertainment 14 Farm 8 Obituaries 5 Sports 6, 7 Women's 12 real until, the men actually moved," said Mrs. Aldrin. "I felt I was looking at another simulation." Cradle and Tot Further reductions on all children's summer and spring clothing, up to one half 7-24 After the moon touchdown Special Tuesday and Wednesday only, one-fourth chicken dinner $1.20.

Eat here -or carry out. Driveup window on east side and driveup, pickup window on west side. Phone AD 4-8601. HOOTS' STEAK HOUSE 1300 Charleston 7-29 Mrs. Aldrin said she wept "be-j cause I was so happy.

"I thought it was fantastically marvelous." said Mrs. Michael Collins, whose husband flew a Featuring Craig Save 15 per cent -on Craig, four plus four compatible and 2603 cassette player or Oecca portable phonograph with or without A.M., F.M. radio. Come in to see our slim line Craig. Stereo Mart, ,1917 Broadway.

7-21 moon orbit in the command cap Wednesday Only One-third plump, juicy Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner $1.29. 500 Lake Land. 7-29 Joe's Pizza Cheese 14 inch 1.65. Closed Tuesdays 7-28 sule while the two other crew i iwm i. men visited the lunar surface.

'Don't you think he is with them there in spirit?" Mrs. Col rim' i.a:iMlL:girf!3t iLl Special Monday and Tuesday only-hot dog or hamburger, fries and any' drink for 55 cents. Eat here or carry out! Phone AD 4-8122, Use our driveup window. BURGER KING 1508; Charleston lins replied when asked if her A Stroll on the Lunar Surface This is how astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin would have looked to earth dwellers had they been along for the historic walk on the moon Sunday. This photo was taken, while the astronauts rehearsed on earth.

Millions of persons throughout the world saw the actual walk on husband was disappointed because he was not in the landing party. 1 All Apollo families planned to Lippincott Printing Closed for vacation July 19. Tomaso's Tuesday and Wednesday, Spa ghetti $1.30. 7-28 1 Reopen July 28. 7-22 I I.