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Gemini-? command pilot Frank Borman has a set of electrodes fixed to his head during pre-flight physical at Cape Kennedy Thursday, The, electrodes will gather information on the astronaut’s physical condition during the 14-day trip. (UPI Radiophoto)Gemini-7 Is 'Go'(Continued From Page 1)ford in Gemini-6 because of possible damage to the launch pad when Gemini-7 blasts off,If there is a delay in the Gemini-6 launch, flight director Christopher Kraft said Borman and Lovell might be kept in space another day to better chances for a catch up by Schirra and Stafford.Kraft said the Gemini-7 spacecraft was “provisioned for a 14-day plus” flight, meaning that Borman and Lovell would have no problem staying aloft an extra day.The space agency said that the weather forecast for Saturday was “generally good.” But a spokesman added he was worried about a fast-moving trough of rain making its way across the southern states.Officials said the rainy weather probably would be over the launch site area before the weekend.Gemini-^ pilots Schirra and Stafford were reported “primed and ready” for their space chase mission.According to present plans, the Gemini-6 spacecraft could come within a few feet of Gemini-7 about 5 hours and 40 minutes after their launch.Barring last minute snags, the astronauts will take Friday afternoon off. Borman is expected to visit his wife and two sons who are scheduled to fly to the cape area from their home in Houston. 1Mrs. Lovell, who is expecting her fourth child before the Dec, 18 splashdown date for Gemini-7, will stay home to watch the blastoff on television.(Meanwhile, technicians beganpreparing Gemini-6 for its launch, AP reported.(Electrical connections were checked and drinking water was loaded aboard the spacecraft.(Geraini-6 has been in a hangar since its origianl flight, date was wiped out Oct. 25 when their Agena target satellite failed to achieve orbit.)Recovery Ships Off fo StationsYOKOSUKA, Japan (CNFJ)— The Seventh Fleet destroyers Mackenzie and Rupertus have left U.S. Fleet Activities here to take up stations as the western Pacific recovery force for Gemini-6 and 7.The destroyers are part of Task Force 130. the combined sea and air Pacific recovery force commanded' by Rear Adm, Henry S. Persons The unit’s ships and aircraft will be standing by from San Diego to Singapore in the event astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell In Gemini-7 or Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford in Gemini-6 make a Pacific landing.s ~FwS(Ta)liEwclAUtcPia;
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Sat, Dec 04, 1965
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