Gemini 7 Crewmen Guide Gemini 6 Tour Of Space
Gemini 7 astronauts describe sights and swap light banter with Gemini 6 crew during a 14 day flight. Schirra and Lovell exchange jokes about beards and gum while cameras capture the nose to nose proximity and a suspected tape fragment near the separation plane.
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Story Space Center
Houston
Tex
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Gan
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Borman
Lovell
Stafford
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
No Landing Problems On Moon Surface
Scientists at NASA Ames say the moon’s surface is a loose sand like layer up to tens of meters deep but should not hinder Apollo landings. Experiments with ground quartz and pumice simulate crater formation from secondary debris, and a two ton truck traversed pumice dust, supporting safe Surveyor landings expected next year.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
Donald E. Gault
William L. Quaide
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
Gault
NASA Aerodynamics Research
Quaide
Moon
Earth
Ranger
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Ames Laboratory
Rangers
NASA
Vinced Gault
Mono
California
Lunar Rock Discovery Ties Moon Surface to Desert Crater
A Mojave Desert crater yields olive grey Olivine Kasalt rock for penetrometer tests to simulate lunar dust. Researchers from a Space Age team gear up to probe crust hardness aiding NASA and the Apollo program.
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America
Mojave Desert
Philco
Aeronutronic Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mojave
Olivine Kasalt
Moon
Newport Beach
Calif
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Schirra
Frank
Wally
Bluebeard
Atlantic Ocean
Brazil
Belk
N. Court St
Churstinas
North Court Street
California Desert
William J. Weiser
Central Press
Props & Trims Security Bank
Athens
Berry Hall
Schrafft's Boxed Chocolates
Currier & Ives
Sohio
North Court St
Famous
Cannon Mills
State Pride Electric
State Pride
Archdale
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