I don't recall anything special happening at school on manned launch days. This was years before schools had AV carts to wheel around to classrooms, and stopping class to listen to the radio would have been an invitation for my classmates to get bored and get into trouble.
And recall, those early launches rarely went off on schedule, launch holds were endless, and scrubs and try agains all too common.
At least on those early sub orbital and orbital flights there weren't too many concerns about launch windows other than having the anticipated splashdown time in daylight, they didn't need to worry about where the moon was and such until years later.
And LOL, it was also going to be a few more years till we started seeing footage on the news that had been transmitted from overseas "via satellite", and when such footage was shown, it was a BIG DEAL.
Photos could be sent via undersea cables around the world, but not video. That had to wait for satellites.
And recall, those early launches rarely went off on schedule, launch holds were endless, and scrubs and try agains all too common.
At least on those early sub orbital and orbital flights there weren't too many concerns about launch windows other than having the anticipated splashdown time in daylight, they didn't need to worry about where the moon was and such until years later.
And LOL, it was also going to be a few more years till we started seeing footage on the news that had been transmitted from overseas "via satellite", and when such footage was shown, it was a BIG DEAL.
Photos could be sent via undersea cables around the world, but not video. That had to wait for satellites.
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