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Baker was plugged into the Space Coast community. He’d previously penned a column: Brevard After Dark. He knew all the hot spots, and was a regular at the Carnival Club and a friend of the club s owner, Lee Caron. If Baker wanted an introduction to Shepard, he d be just the person to get one, she wrote this week. Baker was known for his infectious staccato laugh, his encyclopedic knowledge of plays and movies and his zest for life – just the kind of guy to persuade an American hero to do something the president of the United States had, according to Neuharth, called impossible.
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In 1970, newspaper publisher Al Neuharth, who would later start USA TODAY, had a big idea. He wanted his paper in Florida, then called TODAY, to be the first newspaper on the moon.
NASA was prepping for the Apollo 14 lunar mission, and Neuharth wanted his Space Coast paper, now called FLORIDA TODAY, to be on board.
He went to James Webb, former head of NASA, who was then a director of Gannett, the parent company of what is now the USA TODAY Network.
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I m USA TODAY editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll, and this is The Backstory, insights into our biggest stories of the week. If you d like to get The Backstory in your inbox every week, sign up here.
In 1970, newspaper publisher Al Neuharth, who would later start USA TODAY, had a big idea. He wanted his paper in Florida, then called TODAY, to be the first newspaper on the moon.
NASA was prepping for the Apollo 14 lunar mission, and Neuharth wanted his Space Coast paper, now called FLORIDA TODAY, to be on board.
He went to James Webb, former head of NASA, who was then a director of Gannett, the parent company of what is now the USA TODAY Network.
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Editor s Note: The USA TODAY NETWORK will be auctioning its inaugural non-fungible token (NFT) inspired by the first newspaper delivered to space in 1971. Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, transported a special edition of TODAY, now FLORIDA TODAY and part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, to the moon and back. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Shepard’s visit, select stories from that edition are being republished and visual journalist Pat Shannahan assembled more than 300 photographs, graphics, illustrations and front pages from five decades of space coverage to re-create the cover as an interactive mosaic. Auction proceeds will benefit the Air Force Space & Missile Museum Foundation and the Gannett Foundation. More information at nft.usatoday.com. Ad astra!