Please welcome lily koppel. [applause] good morning. So nice to be here. I heard there was a vicious rumor going around and i didnt make it out of new york city because of the weathers so i am so glad volunteers believe this is actually me and im here sharing the story with you this morning. I love Great American stories and i love beehives. And a combination of those two sayings as you will learn lead me to tell this amazing but looked over american story of our original astronauts wives. I want to bring you back to 1959. April 9th there is a press conference in washington d. C. And the whole country is riveted and waiting for the announcement of the mercury 7 astronauts. Is the height of the cold war and we are looking to lease seven men, gus grissom, john glenn, allen sheppard, among them, as our cold war warriors, these silver suited spaceman who are going to take us to the stars and beyond. So you have these macho test pilots sitting up on this stage and something peculiar start h
Experience. Sit back, relax and get ready for liftoff. Okay. Are there any changes to the schedule, arnie . Line item 7 which is shown for all day, the tank pressurization test will not start until 1300. When do you want to run the leak check . First, are you going to extend that out to five hours by cutting it off in the front end of the storage tank . Negative. Its 3 hours and 32 minutes until man begins the greatest adventure in its history. If all goes well, apollo 11 astronaut, armstrong, collins and aldrin are to lift off from pad 39a out there on the voyage man always has dreamed about. It is now, before they go, as their gleaming vehicle sits poised and peaceful out there, that there is time, if only briefly in this busy morning, to think of those three men and the burdens and the hopes that they carry on behalf of all mankind. The vastness, the blackness, the cold of space, they will carry the pledge made eight years ago by president kennedy, to put a man on the moon and bring
Okay. Are there any changes to the schedule, arnie . Line item 7 which is shown for all day, the tank pressurization test will not start until 1300. When do you want to run the leak check . First, are you going to extend that out to five hours by cutting it off in the front end of the storage tank . Negative. Its 3 hours and 32 minutes until man begins the greatest adventure in its history. If all goes well, apollo 11 astronaut, armstrong, collins and aldrin are to lift off from pad 39a out there on the voyage man always has dreamed about. It is now, before they go, as their gleaming vehicle sits poised and peaceful out there, that there is time, if only briefly in this busy morning, to think of those three men and the burdens and the hopes that they carry on behalf of all mankind. The vastness, the blackness, the cold of space, they will carry the pledge made eight years ago by president kennedy, to put a man on the moon and bring him back safely in this decade. Each segment of the mi
Okay. Are there any changes to the schedule, arnie . Which is shown for all of tuesday, the tank pressurization test will not start until 13 00. When do you want to run the leak check . First shift tuesday. Arnie, you going to extend that time out for five hours by cutting it off in the front end of that storage tank . Negative. Its three hours and 32 minutes until man begins the greatest adventure in his history. If all goes well, apollo 11 astronauts, armstrong, aldrin, and collins are to lift off from pad 39a out there on the voyage man always has dreamed about. So it is now before they go as their gleaming vehicle sits poised and peaceful out there, that there is time if only briefly in this busy morning to think of those three men and the carry on behalf of all mankind. Boring through the vastness, the blackness, and the cold of space, theyll carry the pledge made eight years ago by president kennedy to put a man on the moon and bring him back safely in this decade. Each segment o
Okay. Are there any changes to the schedule . Line item 7 which is shown for all day, all of first shift tuesday. The tank pressurization test will not start until 1,300. When do you want to run the leak check . First shift tuesday. Youre going to extend by five hours by cutting it off. Negative. Its 3 hours and 32 minutes until man begins the greatest adventure in his history. If all goes well, apollo 11 astronauts armstrong, aldrin, and collins are to lift off from pad 39a out there on the voyage man always has dreamed about. So, it is now before they go as their gleaming vehicle sits poised out there that there is time if only briefly in this busy morning to think of those three men and the burdens and hopes they carry on behalf of all mankind. Roaring through the vastness, the blackness, and the coldness of space, they will carry the pledge made eight years ago by president kennedy, to put a man on the moon and bring him back safely in this decade. Each segment of the mission, ever