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... . So that wasn’t good. From a family viewpoint, you felt bad about everything, but you also were concerned about what did this mean to the future of you flying in space ... simulated Shuttle mission before STS-26 flew. Can you tell us about that simulation? '''Blaha:''' Well, our crew was lucky. About two months after the accident, we were assigned as a prime ... , and we had a very good enjoyable flight. I remember the only thing bad about it was about a week before launch, Crip came in and sat down with all of us ...

... time was spent in Toronto, Canada at the SPAR Corporation learning about the RMS. I worked with Bill Lenoir for about six months before I was transferred to support Don L. Lind ... year. On later flights, I also flew mission medallions. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Can you tell us about your post-flight PR trips? '''Bluford:''' After the mission, NASA Headquarters assigned Mary Weatherspoon to ... Administration and thus completed those requirements in 1987. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Why don’t we talk about your next mission, STS-39. '''Bluford:''' After the successful flight of STS-26, the Astronaut ...

... and development of smaller aircraft and some of the faster aircraft for commercial purposes. '''Bergen:''' About this time plans were being made to move to Houston. '''Bond:''' Right. '''Bergen:''' So how ... asked to write a couple of pages on what is man-rating all about. I didn't know anything about man-rating at that time. I came back and I talked to ... Report that went to President Kennedy on what man-rating was all about, and also then had other parts about what the Apollo Program was going to be facing. Then when we ...

... program had to deal with that. '''Wright:''' You mentioned this just briefly earlier, you talked about the Upward Mobility Program that was to assist clerical staff into more professional positions. Tell ... were there, and we were ready. That was something else. Everybody knows about 13, watching those guys, and talk about people staying, because they had Tiger Teams, and everybody was doing everything ...

... . As background, our spacecraft had a pure oxygen atmosphere at one-third of an atmosphere, about 5 psi. Their spacecraft had air essentially, which is eighty percent nitrogen, twenty percent oxygen ... . Overall, of course, the Shuttle is better because of its more modern technology. '''Wright:''' And about twenty years after your mission, the Shuttle helped bridge another partnership with the Russians, with ...

... driving force in the earlier days, we were also satisfying a compelling curiosity about near-Earth space and about the human organism and the human intellect as well: Can we design a ... next, and Gordo came after that. '''Kelly:''' Can I ask you a little bit about something we talked about before? During Mr. Shepard's flight, the first space flight, you actually were ... would behave in zero-G, outside. We didn't know anything about the slipstream. We didn't know anything about how well we could see certain celestial phenomena, sunsets and sunrises and ...

... said, "No, you guys don't know what you're talking about." So we got in a pretty heated argument about that. I remember it was at a bar in Los Angeles ... at the Cape, the launch team and the NASA management on there about what the Gemini Program was all about. Also, as it is today, the Air Force is responsible for range ... paid for it." And that was exactly my reaction. I remember thinking back about when I saw this article about scientists doing this research and people really get paid for that. '''Butler ...

... wrong with the Agena. He called me back and we were talking about it, and we were talking about the physical processes of the sequential introduction of the oxidizer and the fuel ... any flight readiness reviews FRR for Gemini? '''Chaffee:''' Yes. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Can you tell us about that? '''Chaffee:''' Generally I was just sitting in the back, because, again, I was just ... back of the room in case they want to know something about what you do, or something that you know about. In the Apollo Program I went to several out at Downey ...

... was doing aerospace materials processing work; honeycomb, carbon fiber, epoxy composites. Then from there, after about a year and half, I went over to Lawrence Livermore National Lab doing the same ... their food. It was interesting, just watching the experiments, that it seemed at about one-third G, about .3 or so G, is when they started figuring out which way was up ... training for quite a while, and we just both started laughing about that. I went back and I said something about that to Charlie Charles J. Precourt, who was also one of ...

... to launch, launch itself if there’s any particular differences there, and then talk some about—particularly about your EVA. Actually, before we go into that, though, we’re going to go ... that you’d like to discuss during the mission itself before we talk about the landing? '''Chrétien:''' Talking about luck and problems, then we go to the Soyuz with Titov and Manarov ... want to thank you '''Chrétien:''' Your welcome. '''Butler:''' —for coming and talking with us today about your experiences. You certainly had some very interesting times. End of Interview Category:NASA Oral ...

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