All the upper stages of Juno II, including the gold cone, had been gyrostabilized by spinning at 400 r.p.m. This rapid motion would have kept the moonspotter from operating, so an ingenious system ...

At 6:30 p.m. a balding man in crepe-soled shoes and a dark blue suit strolled quietly into the blockhouse opposite Pad No. 5 at Cape Canaveral, where Juno II stood tall and white with the ...