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... then we’ll go directly from that into Apollo. '''Kranz:''' Well, the unmanned missions, Gemini II and Gemini I, there was nothing, nothing to it. It was just an unmanned test of ... off. Kraft was exactly that kind of person. I mean, just great. That was Gemini V. Gemini VII/VI was interesting just from a standpoint of a gutsy management decision. It was ... as fresh teams as possible available in case we’ve got problems. So that was Gemini. Gemini IX was the first time I really had a big-time flap during a mission ...

... ; Time, 12/24/65, 32-36; MSC Gemini VII / Gemini VI Fact Sheet)'' Media:GT06_TEC.PDF Gemini Titan 6 Composite flight transcript Success of the Gemini VII -VI mission received worldwide acclaim: newspapers ... a telegram of congratulations to NASA Administrator James E. Webb on the rendezvous of Gemini VI and Gemini VII , President Johnson said: "You have all moved us one step higher on the ...

... in time we got concerned somewhere we were halfway through Gemini that all of the experience was being accumulated by the Gemini and Agena guys, and the CSM and LM guys just ... for sure, and then it was easy to apply that to the Gemini stuff as well. '''Butler:''' As the Gemini programs were coming up, you were now in this systems role that ... day. Then you want to know about the next one on the Gemini VIII mission, I think. '''Butler:''' Yes, Gemini VIII would be the next. Were you involved, though, actually even before ...

... of arrangement made between Chamberlin and Faget, and then I moved over to Gemini. It still wasn't called Gemini at that time, but I forget the name of what it was ... a pretty tight schedule. Laughter You've got to go from the concept of Gemini, of having a Gemini, decided two years after Apollo is decided, and have the entire flight test ... when Shea came on to the Apollo Program, his idea when he looked at Gemini was, well, Gemini really ought to be testing Apollo hardware…A reply had to be made to ...

... you start in? '''Harlan:''' I started as a Booster Systems Engineer, which was the old Gemini launch vehicle. We started out down at the Kennedy Space Center. There was another guy ... because they were part of the peer review process. Like Martin Company was responsible for Gemini launch vehicles, so their people would look at our drawings and basically say whether they ... shutdowns have gone well, I think. '''Rusnak:''' Is there anything else you recall from the Gemini flights that sticks out in your mind? '''Harlan:''' Yes, I think the most exciting thing ...

... D. Moyers announced from the Texas White House that the U.S. would launch GEMINI VI and Gemini VII about 10 days apart and have them rendezvous in space. The double launching ... a telephone interview with the New York Times that the proposal to fly the GEMINI VI and Gemini VII spacecraft on a dual flight originally had been made by Walter F. Burka ... our national defense." ''(Text)'' Months-long breathing of pure oxygen at the pressure used in Gemini spacecraft might damage the lungs and interfere with blood cell manufacture in the body, reported ...

... at Eastern Test Range ETR 's Complex 14 with launch by Atlas booster of Gemini Agena Target Vehicle ( Gemini Agena Target Vehicle GATV ), followed 100 min. later by launch from Complex 19 ... .) and 99-mi. (159-km.) perigee. Maneuvers were executed as planned, with docking of GEMINI X and Gemini Agena Target Vehicle GATV X occurring at 5:58 GET. Only about 380 lbs ... and Collins experienced severe watering and irritation of eyes from an unidentified source. Separation of GEMINI X- Gemini Agena Target Vehicle GATV X-which had remained docked 38 min. 42 sec.-occurred ...

... /66, A1)’’ September 12-15: Three-day GEMINI XI mission-ninth manned flight in NASA’s Gemini series-began with launch of Gemini Agena Target Vehicle ( Gemini Agena Target Vehicle GATV ) by Atlas booster ... docking-mission’s primary objective. Other accomplishments included extravehicular activity (Eva), maneuvering of docked GEMINI XI - Gemini Agena Target Vehicle GATV configuration to record 851-mi. altitude, station-keeping using tether to ...

... much involvement there that you wanted to recount for us. '''Armitage:''' Okay. The involvement in Gemini was basically the same as Mercury. It was another spacecraft, with two guys, of course ... do that, cutting back a bit as you got more confidence. So Gemini comes along, getting back to Gemini, and this big impetus to land land, because now you know where it ... , “Pete.” He called me Peter, actually. “Peter, I want the paraglider in Gemini because I want the paraglider in Gemini.” You know, when somebody says that to you in this meeting, it ...

... I'd be assigned to something else, and that endured throughout the entire Gemini program. '''Brinkley:''' With the Gemini VIII mission, how concerned were you with the success of the docking maneuvers ... attitude. Dave first noticed it. Neither of us thought that Gemini might be the culprit, because you could easily hear the Gemini thrusters whenever they fired. They were out right in the ... I may ask you to reflect again on Gemini VIII, in history we find that Gemini VIII tends to be overshadowed by later things, the Gemini program as a whole even, but as ...

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