$6.00
Free for
Curtis's subscribers
Pay Now
By Curtis C. Chen
Jul 18, 2019
·
4,080 words ·
15 minutes
From the author: A Christmas miracle! Mission Control has questions. Frank feels weird. Christmas dinner.
XXVIII
“I know we were against this originally, Houston,” Jim said, “but I sure am glad now that we brought this television camera with us.”
His video image was being projected on the big screen at Mission Control. His voice was coming through the speakers in the observation booth, where Valerie Anders, Charlie Smith, and several other family members were gathered.
Jim swung the camera around, and there was a soft gasp from the crowd around Valerie. Everyone had heard the news that Frank...