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Apr. 17 Mary Vick, a mathematician at the Houston Operations of TRW's Systems Group, determines Apollo 11 tracking ship placement for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. Mary, utilizing a computer, determines the best positioning of tracking ships in the Pacific for Mission Control-Houston to obtain telemetry date before and during the launch out of earth orbit toward the moon. In the event of launch delays, ship movements must also be determined since the Apollo spacecraft's ground track changes.Mary also determines ship positions to cover the spacecraft's reentry into the earth's atmosphere upon its return from the moon

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Delays Determined Determines Houston Manned Mathematician Nasa Obtain Orbit Placement Positioning Positions Reentry Spacecraft Spacecrafts Telemetry Toward Tracking Utilizing Vick

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