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Exploring the Unknown
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Schirra, Walter M., Jr.
Apollo 7, 429
biographical information, 799
Gemini VI-A (GT-6), 46, 345–57
Gemini VIII (GT-8), 358
neck dam work for Grissom, 209
orbital flight of, 34, 248, 249, 252
press conference to introduce astronauts, 18
specialty area assignment, 26, 166
visits with Russian cosmonauts, 149–51
Schmitt, Harrison H. “Jack,” 406, 438–39, 558, 739, 799
Schmitt, Roman A., 762
Schneider, William C., 278, 279–81, 696, 698, 799
Schoemaker, Eugene, 763
Schonfeld, Ernest, 764
School of Aviation Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, 138, 140
School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Air Force Base, 141
Schubert, Gerald, 764
Schurmeier, Harris M., 441, 446–47, 448
Schweickart, Russell L., 431, 799–800
Science and Technology, Office of, 418, 569
Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC), 709, 717, 724
Scott, David R.
Apollo 9, 431
Apollo 15, 21n70, 439
biographical information, 800
Gemini VIII (GT-8), 47, 345, 357–62
Scripps Oceanographic Institute, 681
Sea of Tranquility, 432, 560, 561
Seamans, Robert C., Jr.
Apollo program: Apollo 1 (204) fire review, 422, 651, 652–53, 654, 655, 657;
launch facilities for, 397; management of, 400, 413, 423; mission control
center location, 566–68; mission mode decisions, 400–402, 521, 522–30;
Phillips report on North American Aviation, 423; procurement plan, 501,
502–12; review of, 413, 608; schedule for, acceleration of, 593, 596–98, 601;
spacecraft contract, 547
biographical information, 800–801
Gemini program: approval for development plan, 253; circumlunar mission
proposal, 273; EVA for GT-4, 291, 292–96; GT-6 and GT-7, rendezvous
between, 346; naming of, 38, 264–65; review of, 370, 371–73
on Holmes, 409
Manned Lunar Working Group Task Force report, 458–71
Mercury program, 228–30, 237
on Mueller, 412
NASA budget approval, 392
NASA positions of, 391, 420
resignation of, 424, 428
Webb, relationship with, 424
Seitz, Frederick, 665, 678–81
Senate, U.S.