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... Administrator Dr. Robert C. Robert C . 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 ... ." He added he had requested review of plans for Gemini X, XI, and XII missions for "tightening up" of procedures. Summarizing Project Gemini 's results to date-"at the three quarter mark"-and ... 21st session of General Assembly, to open Sept. 20. ''(Daniell, NYT, 6/18/66, 10)'' Gemini XII crew was named. Prime crew: James A. Lovell , Jr., command pilot; Edwin E. Aldrin , Jr ...

... satellite and by Astronauts James A. Lovell , Jr., and Edwin E. Aldrin , Jr. orbiting in GEMINI XII spacecraft. AFCRL launched three Nike-Hydac sounding rockets from a site near Rio Grande, Brazil ... , 11/13/66)'' New York Times praised success of NASA's LUNAR ORBITER II and GEMINI XII missions: "This week has seen two impressive demonstrations of United States space capabilities. . . . re It ...

... , if you look at when we launched. Gemini III was in '65 and we launched them all and were done in '67 with Gemini XII, so they were pretty fast and furious there for a while. We did our first EVA on Gemini IV, which I'd mentioned earlier ... built that was in the back of the Gemini IX spacecraft—or Gemini VIII, excuse me—we had built one just about like it, and Gemini VIII used the same back mold and ...

... getting into Gemini. '''Neal:''' Well, I guess that brings us to Gemini. What about the transition from Mercury to Gemini? In an engineering sense, what did you do, Gordo? '''Cooper:''' Well, Gemini was really ... some adversities as well as advantages. '''Neal:''' After Gemini V, you never got a chance to fly again. '''Cooper:''' No, I had the Gemini XII backup team, and I had the Apollo 10 ...

... , 41; Wash. Post, 11/27/66, A6)'' November 26: U.S.S.R.'s LUNA XII , launched into lunar orbit Oct. 22, had completed 220 orbits, taken "unique photographs," and was ... , NYT, 11/27/66, 78)'' High-quality photographs of earth taken during Nov. 11-15 GEMINI XII mission had revealed substantial inaccuracies and omissions in geologic maps, Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC ...

... he went off to train for his Gemini backup mission, which he complained—I think he was assigned to backup crew either Gemini XI or Gemini XII, and he said, “Kerwin, it’s like ... ’s useless knowledge. We’re going to the Moon, and I’m stuck with this Gemini backup role.” So I did that under his tutelage. Then Ken Thomas K. Mattingly got ...

... , gold ribbon attachment to NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal awarded to him after August 1965 GEMINI v spaceflight; pilot Richard F. Gordon , Jr., received Exceptional Service Medal. Webb announced that during ... activity had canceled plans to test USAF Astronaut Maneuvering Unit ( Astronaut Maneuvering Unit AMU ) on Gemini XII mission. NASA and DOD would study plans to reschedule experiment on later manned spaceflight. ‘‘(NASA ...

... 's Gemini XII mission scheduled for launch Nov. 9. Sounding rocket-to study winds up to 400 mph at high altitudes would be launched from Hammaguir Range on signal from Gemini Mission Control ...

... . Astronauts Borman and James A. Lovell had been crew-mates on Dec. 4-18, 1965, Gemini VII , when time dilation effect was dominant for entire two weeks. They had aged less ... on earth by 400 microseconds. Lovell's time also had been slowed during four-day Gemini XII mission Nov. 11-15, 1966, by about 100 microseconds. "Thus," said Time, "during all their ...

... at 1,000 aircraft; and for the helicopters, 750. ''(Av Wk, 1/23/67, 35)'' Gemini XII Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin , Jr., speaking to the 15th annual Women's Forum on National ...

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