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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
16
Aviation writers compare James McDivitt and Edward White as poised spaceflight partners. Both are Air Force majors with long histories together from Michigan to Edwards, sharing backgrounds, families, and a drive toward lunar missions while preparing for a perilous spacewalk at 17 500 mph and 120 miles up.
Motorola and AiResearch gear built in the Valley by Motorola AiResearch and Dickson Electronics is aboard Gemini 4. AiResearch plants in Phoenix and Los Angeles contributed to the life support ECS environmental control system supplying cabin and suit atmosphere, pressurization, temperature and moisture control and gas removal. Supercooled oxygen in compact tanks supports the system.
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II intend a 97 hour 50 minute mission surpassing the eight previous American flights. Russians hold a large orbit-time lead with Valery Bykovsky at 119 hours 6 minutes. Motorola's digital command system and transponder enable rapid ground-to-craft messages and precise position tracking. Dickson Electronics provided components for ground support and Titan boosters with stringent voltage tolerances and high reliability testing.
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White start their mission day at 4 10 a m with breakfast aboard Meri lupt Island. They travel to Pad 16 and suit up for the Gemini 4 mission awaiting liftoff on Titan 2 at Pad 19.
Cape Kennedy AP lists the 20th and 21st spaceflight ticketed after 1961. It recounts Yuri Gagarin’s 1961 flight and lists American and Soviet astronauts with their mission types, durations, and dates from 1961 to 1965 including Gagarin, Shepard, Grissom, Titov, Glenn, Carpenter, Nikolayev, Popovich, Schirra, Cooper, Bykovsky, Tereshkova, Komarov, Yegorov, Leonov, Belyayev, Leonov, and Young.
Mrs. Edward H. White urged her spacebound husband to enjoy the moment as the Gemini 4 countdown began. The McDivitts and Whites were part of Cape Kennedy launch day preparations, attending early Mass and watching the final minutes on television.
AP reports the Gemini 4 spacecraft will launch under the astrological sign Gemini covering May 21 to June 20. Astronaut James A. McDivitt is deemed a Gemini by astrologers and his 36th birthday is near. The two man capsule is named for the Gemini constellation The Twins.
An Atlas D intercontinental ballistic missile was launched early this morning along the Pacific Coast test range. The Air Force said the test supported the Army Nike Zeus antimissile program and released no further details.
Cape Kennedy Florida AP says astronaut meals for James A McDivitt and Edward H White II are not sterile but have no live organisms. Dr Paul A LaChance notes sterilizing reduces acceptability and the meals are very clean. He hints at possible future ice cream flavor selections.
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