Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in ... - The Black Vault

818 Index
spaceflight by, 30, 82, 177, 391, 392, 612
visits with NASA astronauts, 43, 149
Gamble, Allen O., 127
Garland, Benjamine J., 80–81
Gast, Paul, 742
Gavin, Joe, 699, 709
Geer, E. Barton, 652–53, 657–61
Gemini, Project
accidents, contingency plans for, 43, 363–70
Apollo program support from, 44, 48, 278–82, 295, 376, 378, 379, 382–84
astronauts: capabilities of, 381; crew safety, 43; equipment for, 381–82;
flight experience, 382; honoring following missions, 43, 288–91; loss
of, contingency plans for, 43, 363–70; pilot role of, 48, 267, 280, 381;
rendezvous and docking role of, 45–46; selection of, 229; space rescue
plans, 42–43, 283–88; spacesuits for, 39, 271, 381; survival equipment, 381–
82; training of, 259, 260, 294, 382, 384
celebrations following missions, 43, 288–91
challenges faced by, 39–40, 45
circumlunar mission proposal, 40, 272–73, 274
communication systems, 383
conclusion of, 371, 372, 385
cost of, 40, 264
crew size, 257
development plan for, 38, 253–64
duration of missions, 46–47, 257, 260, 372, 374–75
experiments, medical, 41, 279
experiments, scientific and technological, 48, 372
extravehicular activities (EVA): Apollo program support from, 44, 295, 379;
equipment for, 39, 271–72, 293; GT-4, 39, 44–45, 268, 291–96, 297; mission
planning, 270, 279; objectives of, 269–70; opposition to, 44, 292; program
plan for, 39, 268–72; public reaction to, 295, 296; risks of, 44, 293, 294–95;
spacecraft modifications for, 39, 268, 272; success of, 297, 298, 372, 375,
379; task assignments, 270–71; training for, 294
funding for, 253
Gemini III (GT-3): corned beef sandwich issue, 21, 297; mission objectives,
279; success of, 42, 294, 296–98; White House reception following, 43, 290
Gemini Information Director, 364
Gemini IV (GT-4): altitude chamber testing approval, 292; celebrations
following, 43, 290; debriefing following, 298–344; EVA during, 39, 44–45,
268, 291–96, 297, 298–344, 375; length of mission, 374; mission objectives,
41, 279, 295–96; success of, 296–98
Gemini IX (GT-9): mission objectives, 41, 280; rendezvous and docking
during, 373
Gemini IX-A, 373, 375, 378
Gemini V (GT-5): EVA during, 294, 296; landing accuracy, 372; length of
mission, 372, 374; mission objectives, 41, 279
Gemini VI-A (GT-6): mission objectives, 41, 279–80, 373; mission summary,
348–57; rendezvous and docking with GT-7, 46, 345–57, 373, 375, 378
Gemini VII (GT-7): length of mission, 46–47, 372, 374; mission objectives, 41,
279; rendezvous and docking with GT-6, 46, 345–57, 373, 375, 378