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Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1964

Page

4

Astronaut Cunningham Eyes Gemini Flight For Own Experiment

Astronaut R Walter Cunningham, 32, hopes to fly his own experiment aboard a Gemini mission. He has a physics PhD pursuit, Rand Corp projects on missiles and geophysical instruments, and sees satellites expanding geophysics. He aims to be first man on the moon, training at Houston and in California.

John Riddick R. Walter Cunningham Gemini Cunningham Tucson Kite Peak Cunningha Rand Corp Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Tve

Astronaut Tour Of Arizona Craters And Observatory

Six astronauts toured Sunset Crater National Monument near Flagstaff and Meteorite Crater 45 miles east, then visited Kitt Peak Observatory near Tucson for lunar mapping. Geologists lectured as 17 trainees studied lava fields, with the tour ending at sunrise through the Kitt Peak telescope and eight others to follow.

Flagstaff Sunset Crater National Monument Arizona Kitt Peak Observatory Tucson Manned Spacecraft Center Houston San Francisco Peaks United States Kitt Peak Gemini Maj Virgil Gus) Grissom John Iw. Young Walter Schirra Thomas Stafford

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