Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8 (95 page)

Authors: Robert Zimmerman

Tags: #History, #United States, #20th Century, #test

Christmas Eve telecast, 198, 202, 204-13

Christmas gifts, 219-20, 221, 222

dating Marilyn, 31, 32, 33-34

fatigue during mission, 174, 178-80

Gemini 7 mission, 106-8, 110-11, 115-18

Page 296

interest in rockets, 30-31, 32, 33, 48

later career, 249, 250-51

marriage, 33-34

meeting with Lindbergh, 10

mother and, 3, 64-65

at Naval Academy, 32-34

navigational tasks, 54-56, 63, 96, 99-100, 127-28, 167-68, 171, 216, 222-24

Navy service, 29-30, 32, 34-36

nickname ("Shaky"), 54, 224

as pilot, 29-31, 34-36, 48

preparations for mission, 3-4, 187-88

press conferences, 195-96

religious beliefs, xiv, 252

sleeping difficulties, 59-61, 66-67

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