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... NASA Mission Reports". Robert's space series has included contributions by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Tom Hanks, Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin , David Brin, Ron Howard, Senator Harrison Schmitt , Eugene Cernan , Walter ... "...deserves a place in every scientific library..." Sir Patrick Moore "A fascinating and fun book." Tom Hanks "A unique reference." Library Journal "A treasure for the serious student of space exploration ...

... we expected to use on October 25 to launch GEMINI VI , carrying astronauts Schirra and Stafford, is now being removed from the launching pad. We have examined carefully the question of ... of each other but without touching. Astronauts Walter M. Schirra (Capt., USN) and Thomas P. Stafford (Maj., USAF) would be in GEMINI VI , whose Oct. 25 mission was canceled after an ...

... Control Center. The sequencer registered the mishap and shut down Titan II 's engines. Astronauts Stafford and Schirra remained calm throughout the misfire with Command Pilot Schirra rejecting the option to ... expected. But our disappointment is exceeded by our pride in Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford and the flight directors of NASA, With the world watching, they acted with remarkable courage ...

... : Gemini VI , piloted by Walter M. Schirra , Jr. (Capt., USN), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford (Maj. USAF), pilot, was successfully launched from ETR with two-stage Titan II booster on ... in polar orbit was trying to contact him. Before ground officials could respond, he and Stafford played Jingle Bells with a harmonica and bells, Gemini VI began reentry northeast of Canton ...

... the Wasp sent pictures of splash-down and recovery of Gemini VI Astronauts Schirra and Stafford to Early Bird EARLY BIRD I comsat which relayed them to the Andover, Me., ground ... real-time on television. ''(Gould, NYT, 12/17/65, 28)'' Gemini VI Astronauts Schirra and Stafford were "very healthy," reported Dr. Howard Minners at the conclusion of their post-flight physical ...

... received extensive editorial comment. New York Times: "The exploits of astronauts Borman, Lovell, Schirra and Stafford and the extraordinary pictures they brought back from space have thrilled men everywhere. Admiration for ... , and then to return to this planet. "The unprecedented precision navigation feat of Schirra and Stafford in GEMINI VI was important primarily because, for the first time, it brought two spaceships ...

Astronaut Walter Schirra said that he and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford had maneuvered the Gemini VI spacecraft to within one foot of Gemini VII during their ... to the crews of Gemini VII (Astronauts Borman and Lovell) and VI (Astronauts Schirra and Stafford) ; William C. Schneider, Deputy Director of the Gemini Program for Mission Operations, OMSF; and John ...

... . Seamans Seamans , Jr., presented NASA Exceptional Service Medals to GEMINI IX -A Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan and to Richard E. Dineen (Col., USAF) who had helped solve ... , 10; Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 6/20/66, A10)'' GEMINI IX -A Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan held their first post-mission press conference. Cernan said that during ...

... mission would be launched from Eastern Test Range ETR May 18 carrying Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (commander), John W. Young ( Command Module CM pilot), and Eugene A. Cernan (LM pilot), on ... for lunar landing mission. While spacecraft circled moon at 69-mi (111.0-km) altitude, Stafford and Cernan would separate Lunar Module LM from , pilot Lunar Module LM twice to within ...

... Vice President Agnew with four wrinkled flags which had been carried aboard spacecraft during mission. Stafford told President, ". . . these flags have been to the moon and 31 times around it, so ...

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