{"id":6283,"date":"2025-11-12T18:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:11:51","slug":"eighth-grade-space-flight-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/eighth-grade-space-flight-1967\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighth grade space flight (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gallery-photo lightbox is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0610.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MwCwX7hJ\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0610-1024x879.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0610-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0610-500x429.jpg 500w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0610-200x172.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0610-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0610-600x515.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eighth grade space flight (1967)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April of 1967 this group of 8th graders at Shelbyville Junior High School, provided ground control for student astronauts, Linzie Craig, Ricky Burgin and Doug Logan, as they set a three-day stimulated space flight inside the pictured space capsule, a record that held for four years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 1967<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/people\/\" rel=\"tag\">People<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/schools-education\/\" rel=\"tag\">Schools &amp; Education<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Portrait of the Past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Cleveland Photo Collection ID JRCleveland-001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighth grade space flight (1967) In April of 1967 this group of 8th graders at Shelbyville Junior High School, provided ground control for student astronauts, Linzie Craig, Ricky Burgin and Doug Logan, as they set a three-day stimulated space flight inside the pictured space capsule, a record that held for four years. 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