“A project like Apollo has only one chance or take. Where we have as many opportunities as we have film in the camera.”
The NASA Manned Spacecraft Center: A National Resource
“Of all the scientific accomplishments of our age, our firm step into the new dimensions of space technology may well be the achievement for which we are most honored by posterity.”
Project Apollo: Paris Air Show
“A new spacecraft began a new era for science and industry.”
Spacecraft Propulsion and Power
“From abstract theory to final developmental testing, the Manned Spacecraft Center’s specialists in propulsion and power bring to their work a thorough knowledge of the state of the art and the ingenuity needed to unlock new applications of energy.”
The Apollo Spacecraft: Status Report No. 2
“The successful completion of the first Apollo/Saturn mission was one of the most important accomplishments to date in the development of manned lunar mission capability.”
Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report No. 17, April-June 1967
“While the program is even stronger, there is yet much to be done, many problems to be solved. But confidence that our goals in space can be met is growing in parallel with the increasing determination to succeed.”
Manned Spacecraft Center Progress Report, January-June 1967
“In this one room is the greatest computer capacity in the free world.”
Launch Windows for Lunar Landing
“Only one day per lunar month is suitable for launching.”
Manned Spaceflight Quarterly Report No. 18, July-September 1967
“The effort to prepare the Apollo Saturn V space vehicle for launch has been paralleled by the effort to prepare a massive complex of new mission support ground facilities.”
Apollo 4: First of the Big Shots
“1967: A year of mini skirts, of global conflict, of tragedy and triumph, the year of Apollo 4, the first of the big shots.”