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Happy Birthday Jules Verne

Title	Happy Birthday Jules Verne
Explanation	Sunday marks the 170th anniversary of the birth of Jules Verne [ http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/JulesVerne/ ] (born in Nantes, France on the 8th of February, 1828). Inspired by a lifelong fascination [ http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/JulesVerne/sherard.html ] with machines, Verne wrote visionary works [ http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/JulesVerne/works.html ] about "Extraordinary Voyages" [ http://www.interlog.com/~anash/najvs.html ] including such terrestrial travels as Around the World in 80 Days [ http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j/ ], Journey to the Centre of the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970121.html ], and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [ gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/02/153/3 ]. In 1865 he published the story of three adventurers who undertook a journey From the Earth to the Moon [ http://www.teachersoft.com/Library/lit/verne/earth/contents.htm ]. Verne's characters rode a "projectile-vehicle" [ http://www.nasm.edu/GALLERIES/GAL113/gal113.html#VERNE ] fired from a huge cannon constructed in Florida. Does that sound familiar? A century later, the Saturn V rocket [ http://www.calweb.com/~ccorway/saturn-v/saturn-v.htm ] and NASA's Apollo program [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollomon/Apollo.html ] finally turned this work of fiction into fact, propelling adventuresome trios [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/cover.html ] on what was perhaps Verne's most extraordinary voyage. This stirring floodlit view [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS9/10075023.htm ] shows the Apollo 9 space-vehicle atop its Saturn V. Launched from a spaceport in Florida [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/ksc.html ] in 1969, the Apollo 9 crew were the first to test all lunar landing hardware in space .

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart (second from right), are both pointing at the KSC Apollo/Saturn V rocket inside the building as they talk to other guests on the tour. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …

Description	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart (second from right), are both pointing at the KSC Apollo/Saturn V rocket inside the building as they talk to other guests on the tour. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center
Release Date	01/08/1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …

Description	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Passing underneath the KSC Apollo/Saturn V inside the building are (from left): Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweikart, Apollo 10 Command Module Pilot and Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young, Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford, and Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center
Release Date	01/08/1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …

Description	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Passing underneath the KSC Apollo/Saturn V inside the building are (from left): Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweikart, Apollo 10 Command Module Pilot and Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young, Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford, and Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center
Release Date	01/08/1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweikart poses in front of an Apollo Command and Service Module in the the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. Several Apollo astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …

Description	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweikart poses in front of an Apollo Command and Service Module in the the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. Several Apollo astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center
Release Date	01/08/1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts and their family members and friends tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Observing one of the displays inside the ASVC are (from left): Lois Aldrin, wife of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., Aldrin, Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, and Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/ Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …

Description	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts and their family members and friends tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Observing one of the displays inside the ASVC are (from left): Lois Aldrin, wife of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., Aldrin, Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, and Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/ Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center
Release Date	01/08/1997

Interior view of Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg with Lunar Module-3

Interior view of Manned Spac …

Title	Interior view of Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg with Lunar Module-3
Description	Interior view of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Lunar Module-3 being moved from polarity fixture to altitude chamber "R" during preparations for flight. LM-3 is being prepared for flight on the Apollo 9 space mission.
Date Taken	1968-08-27

Interior view of Manned Spac …

Title	Interior view of Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg with Lunar Module-3
Description	Interior view of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Lunar Module-3 landing gear deployment. LM-3 is being prepared for flight on the Apollo 9 space mission.
Date Taken	1968-11-20

Interior Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg as Command/Service module moves

Interior Manned Spacecraft O …

Title	Interior Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg as Command/Service module moves
Description	Interior view of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, Kennedy Space Center, during move of Apollo Spacecraft 104 Command/Service Module from workstand to transfer stand prior to mating to Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA)-12. Spacecraft 104 will be flown on the Apollo 9 earth orbit mission.
Date Taken	1968-11-30

Aerial view of Apollo 9 space vehicle on way from VAB to Pad A

Aerial view of Apollo 9 spac …

Title	Aerial view of Apollo 9 space vehicle on way from VAB to Pad A
Description	Aerial view of Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a huge crawler-transporter (view looking toward Pad A).
Date Taken	1969-01-03

Apollo 9 simulator training

Title	Apollo 9 simulator training
Description	Two members of the Apollo 9 prime crew participate in simulation training in the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at the Kennedy Space Center. On the left is Astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander, and on the right is Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.
Date Taken	1969-02-24

Fish-eye view of interior of Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at KSC

Fish-eye view of interior of …

Title	Fish-eye view of interior of Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at KSC
Description	Fish-eye camera lens view of the interior of the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during Apollo 9 simulation training. In the foreground is Astronaut James A. McDivitt, prime crew commander, and in background is Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. Both men are in their space suits minus their helmets.
Date Taken	1969-02-23

Apollo 9 crew prepares to participate in Countdown Demonstration Test

Apollo 9 crew prepares to pa …

Title	Apollo 9 crew prepares to participate in Countdown Demonstration Test
Description	Interior view of the White Room at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during an Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test. Astronauts James A. McDivitt, commander, David R. Scott, command module pilot, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, were participating in a dress rehearsal in preparation for their scheduled 10-day earth-orbital space misson.
Date Taken	1969-02-23

Liftoff of the Apollo 9 spac …

Title	Liftoff of the Apollo 9 space vehicle
Description	The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969. This view shows birds flying as the launch vehicle lifts off (25863), Launch view of the Apollo 9 space vehicle. In this view the vehicle is almost totally obscured by clouds of smoke from the launch (25864).
Date Taken	1969-03-03

View of White Room atop Pad A during Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test

View of White Room atop Pad …

Title	View of White Room atop Pad A during Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test
Description	Interior view of the White Room atop Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kenndy Space Center, during Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test activity. Standing next to spacecraft hatch is Astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander. Also taking part in the training exercise were Astronauts David R. Scott, command module pilot, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.
Date Taken	1969-02-23

Apollo 9 crew leaves Spacecraft Operations Building during countdown

Apollo 9 crew leaves Spacecr …

Title	Apollo 9 crew leaves Spacecraft Operations Building during countdown
Description	The Apollo 9 crew leaves the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the Apollo 9 prelaunch countdown. Leading is Astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander, followed by Astronauts David R. Scott, command module pilot, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.
Date Taken	1969-03-03

Nighttime view of Apollo 9 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 39

Nighttime view of Apollo 9 s …

Title	Nighttime view of Apollo 9 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 39
Description	Nighttime view of the 363-ft-high Apollo 9 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during preparations for the scheduled 10-day earth-orbital space mission.
Date Taken	1969-02-23

Firing Room 2 in Launch Control Center at KSC during Apollo 9 countdown test

Firing Room 2 in Launch Cont …

Title	Firing Room 2 in Launch Control Center at KSC during Apollo 9 countdown test
Description	Overall view of Firing Room 2 in the Launch Control Center, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during an Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test. Note the screen in the upper left side of the photograph which shows the Apollo 9 space vehicle on the launch pad.
Date Taken	1969-02-23

Technicians prepare to insert Apollo 9 crew during Countdown Demonstration

Technicians prepare to inser …

Title	Technicians prepare to insert Apollo 9 crew during Countdown Demonstration
Description	Technicians in the White Room atop Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, prepare to insert Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, into the spacecraft during a Countdown Demonstration Test. Also taking part in the training exercise were Astronauts David R. Scott, command module pilot, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.
Date Taken	1969-03-03

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