Complete Apollo 11 TV schedule listed
HOLLYWOOD (UPI)—This is the week of the scheduled moonlanding mission of the manned Apollo 11 flight on television, and nothing else on the home tube will much matter.
Barring changes, it all begins Wednesday with liftoff, and concludes July 34 with splash-down after the eight-day journey.
On Tuesday, NBC-TV and CBS-TV will offer one-hour prime time previews of the flight on its eve. The NBC-TV entry is entitled "Apollo: A Journey to the Moon—The Threshold." The
CBS-TV presentation is called "Man on the Moom: The Epic "Man on the Moon: The Epic
After that comes the real thing, and—a gain barring changes—the following are some television highlights of the mission for those who care to make note of their scheduled times and would like a handy referral list.
Network reporting of the launching starts at 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday. Liftoff is set for 9:32 a.m. EDT. There will, of course, be countless video reports of the progress of the mission during the eight days.
New space language
SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON (UPI)—Some of the language from the lexicon of space you are likely to hear during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon:
Ags, or "Aggs"— For abort guidance system, the system aboard the Apollo lunar landing spacecraft the astronauts would rely on to steer back to a rendezvous with the command craft if something went wrong.
Apocynthion— The farthest point from the moon's surface in the orbit of an object launched from a body other than the moon.
Apogee—the farthest point from the earth in the orbit of the moon or other earth satellite.
Apolune—The farthest point from the moon in the orbit of an object launched from the moon
Bmag, or "Beemag"—For body mounted attitude gyro, a gyroscope mounted on the lunar vehicle for use in emergencies.
Deda, or "Deeda"—For data entry and display assembly, the instrument panel the astronauts use to control and monitor the Ags.
Delta V—The measurement of velocity changes, stated in feet per second.
IMU—Inertial measurement unit, part of the guidance system used both on the command spacecraft and the lunar lander which measures and records changes in velocity and direction.
Heliocentric—Any space phenomenon which is centered around the sun, such as the orbit of the earth and the planets.
LM, or "Lem"—Originally, for lunar excursion module, the lunar landing spacecraft which is now called simply the lunar module, or LM.
Jly. 15 1969 KANSAN 5
LOI- For lunar orbit insertion,
the point at which the Apollo
command spacecraft—with the
moon lander still attached to it-
decelerates after its journey from
earth to swing into orbit around
the moon.
MSI—Moon sphere of influence.
Pericynthion—Nearest point to the moon's surface in the orbit of an object launched from a body other than the moon.
Perigee—Closest point to the earth in the orbit of the moon or other earth satellite.
Perilune—Nearest point to the lunar surface in the orbit of an object launched from the moon.
Pipa, or "Pippa"—For pulse integrating pendulous accelerometer, a device in the IMU which measures acceleration by converting the movements of a pendulum into pulses and feeding the signals into a computer.
PLSS, or "Pliss"—For portable life support system, the backpack oxygen, air conditioning, communications and power system the astronauts use during their moon walk.
Selnographic—Relating to the physical geography of the moon.
Selenocentric—Centered around the moon.
SLA, or "Slah"—For spacecraft lunar module adapter, the section at the front of the third stage of the Saturn 5 booster which houses the LM during the ride into space.
SPS—For service propulsion system, the system which fires the Apollo Command ship's main engine to put the craft into lunar orbit, and fires it again to kick the astronauts out of orbit around the moon and send them back to earth.
TEI- For translunar injection, the point where the SPS fires to start the astronauts away from earth orbit toward the moon.
DON PETE & LEVINE — AN AWCO & MASSY FILM
PETER O'TOOLE KATHARINE HEPBURN
On Saturday, plans call for a video transmission from the spacecraft as it flies in lunar orbit. Pictures are expected to be seen in the 15-minute period from 4:02 to 4:17 p.m. EDT.
Beginning at 11 a.m. EDT Sunday, the networks will wipe out all regular programming for 31 hours and present continuous coverage of the period focusing on man's landing on the moon. This means there will be nothing but moon coverage until 6 p.m. EDT Monday.
On Thursday, a color television transmission from space, 15 minutes in length, is tentatively scheduled for 7:32 to 7:47 p.m. EDT
There will be a television transmission Sunday from 1:52 to 2:22 p.m. EDT—half an hour—showing the undocking and start of the descent of the lunar module for the moon landing.
Touchdown of the module is planned for about 4:23 p.m. EDT.
A television transmission is scheduled from 1:57 to 2:07 a.m. EDT Monday—10 minutes—just before astronaut Neil Armstrong leaves the space craft to set foot on the moon.
Quickly following that is the scheduled historic transmission: A program of two hours and 40 minutes, in black and white, live and direct from the moon.
Then, in the middle of the night across the nation—late Sunday in the West, early Monday in the East—the high drama will build.
Sunday and Monday, if everything jells, will be the days that give viewers something to tell their future grandchildren about.
It is planned for about 2:12
Violinists concentrate in Music Camp rehearsal
Herbie will honk his way into your hearts
LOOK TO THE NAME WALT DISNEY FOR THE FINEST IN FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
Eve. 7:15-9:15
a. m. EDT Monday, ending approximately 4:52 a.m. EDT, and occurring as astronauts Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin leave the lunar module and carry out their duties on the moon surface.
Mat. Daily 2:30
Hillcrest 2
--presents
KU SUMMER THEATRE REP.'69
bv
Plays by American playwrights representative of the past four decades— 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960.
THE MALE ANIMAL
James Thurber and Elliott Nugent
The 1940's comedy which sounds like today, with protest, public controversy—all in a midwestern university town.
July 15,19,25
Experimental Theatre
AH, WILDERNESS
by Eugene O'Neill
O'Neill's great comedy of the
1930's about the "generation gap" at the
Truman Capote
at the turn of the century.
July 14,18,22
"In-the-Round" Main Stage
THE GRASS HARP
The comedy-fantasy of the 1950's about the people of spirit against the dogma of society in which they live
July 11,16,21,23
"In-the-Round" Main Stage
ONE-ACT PLAYS
1960 Comedies from Broadway OFF & OFF-OFF
July 12,17,24,26
Experimental Theatre
All performances 8:20 p.m. ● Tele. orders accepted; amount due on receipt of tickets ● Box Office UN 4-3982 (24 hour answering service) ● Hours 10-12 a.m., 1-5 p.m. ● 10-12 Saturdays if a performance that evening ● 7-9 p.m. performance nights
No Reserved Seats
Single admission tickets for individual shows $1.50 • Season coupon books $4.00 each • Coupon holders must exchange for tickets for each production prior to date specified on each coupon.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MURPHY HALL
...