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... when you flew, on Gemini VII, in a 14-day mission, do you remember what your thoughts were when they first said to you, “14 days”? '''Borman:''' Well, Gemini VII was looked upon among ... and Chris Christopher C. Kraft and some others were already starting, “How can we use Gemini VII as a target vehicle?” And it—that was NASA at that time. There was a ... you that he was the guy that really gave me the confidence on Apollo—on Gemini VII. They were just wonderful people. I—you know, I’d just go to Hell for ...

... Geminis VI and VII had been scheduled tentatively for the eighth day of Gemini VII 's 14-day endurance flight, revealed Command Pilot Frank Borman (L/Col., USAF) at a news conference held by Gemini VII 's prime and backup astronaut crews at MSC. Gemini VII would ...

... other astronauts involved in the Gemini VII -VI flights gave reports on their missions at an MSC news conference. ''(AP, Wash, Post, 12/31/65, Al; MSC Gemini VII / Gemini VI Fact Sheet)'' Special NASA ... Spacecraft Operations; Martin Co. Gemini program group; McDonnell Aircraft Corp. Gemini program group; Gemini Launch Vehicle Div., AFSC 6555th Aerospace Test Wing: and AFETR Test Operations Div. ''(MSC Gemini VII / Gemini VI Fact Sheet; Exec, Secy ...

... 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 when ... that one which seemed the best and then go do it. I always liken the Gemini VII/VI option to what it must’ve been like to be in Patton’s Third ... little bit of history on the Agena spacecraft. We had lost the Agena on the Gemini VII/VI mission. There was a general lack of trust between Lockheed Company and the Air ...

... ., USAF), and Thomas P. Stafford (Maj., USAF), congratulating them on successful completion of the Gemini VI and Gemini VII space missions and advising them that promotions for new astronauts would be submitted to ... . ''(NASA Rpt, SRL; Reuters, NYT, 12/20/65, 45)'' World records set by NASA's Gemini VII / GEMINI VI : (1) longest manned spaceflight (v11)-330 hrs, 35 min.; (2) first rendezvous of two ...

... on the LLRV 1 and 2 were Gemini VI and VII flight controllers. In my interview with Ivan D. Ertel, I said they were off of VII and VIII flight vehicles, which that ... and do the last part of their studies with the Gemini controller that they’d modified that I’d gotten from either Gemini VII or VIII and a modified T-handle for the ... think those were the major problems. By the time we got halfway through between Gemini VI and Gemini XII we worked out all the bugs in the simulators and in the procedures ...

... H. White II (L/C, USAF) , and Michael Collins (Maj., USAF) would be Gemini VII 's backup crew. Gemini VI mission would be nearly identical to the original rendezvous flight postponed October 25 ... (Capt. USN) and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford (Maj., USAF) would maneuver the GEMINI VI spacecraft within close proximity of Gemini VII during the fourth revolution and station-keep for a period of time ...

... ,) ; period, 92.4 min,; inclination, 49°. Equipment was functioning normally. ''(Pravda, 12/22/65, 1)'' Gemini VII Astronauts Lovell and Borman completed the medical phase of their debriefing at KSC. Dr. Charles ... analysis would be available later, NASA released several terrain photographs taken by Astronaut Lovell during Gemini VII 's spaceflight Dec. 4-18. ''(AP, NYT, 12/22/65, 14; AP, Wash, Post, 12 ...

... experiment conducted during Dec. 4-18 GEMINI VII mission. Benjamin Franklin, with two seconds to fire a Polaris missile so it could be seen by GEMINI VII Astronauts Lovell and Borman as they passed ... generator plate from the Polaris missile and crew received the NASA patch from Lovell’s GEMINI VII spacesuit. ‘‘(UPI, Wash. Sun. star, 3/6/66)’’ March 1966 March Mar 1 1966 1 ...

... extravehicular activity (EVA) was planned for the eight-day Gemini V mission scheduled for August 17 or for October's two-day Gemini VI flight. Astronauts Frank Borman (Maj. USAF) and James ... , N. Mex, aiming by radar, would fire the first laser signal at Gemini VII as it passed overhead. The Gemini VII crew would attempt to answer by pointing their capsule downward, aiming, and shooting ...

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