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.
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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.
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