Meanwhile, back at the space center
Abstract
"Seconds after Apollo 8 cleared its launch pad at Cape Kennedy last Dec. 21, operation of the spacecraft was taken over by mission control at the Manned Space Center near Houston. Closely watching the progress of this historic space shot from the sprawling Texas complex was Donald D. Blume, a 1951 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia who has been connected with America's space program since its inception in 1958."--Page 26