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

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I-35 MR-3 Technical Debriefing Team, NASA, “Debriefing,” May
5, 1961. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
I-36 Joachim P. Kuettner, Chief, Mercury-Redstone Project, NASA,
to Dr. von Braun, May 18, 1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
I-37 James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA, to James C. Hagerty,
Vice President, American Broadcasting Company, June 1, 1961
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I-38 MR-4 Technical Debriefing Team, Memorandum for
Associate Director, NASA, “MR-4 Postflight Debriefing of
Virgil I. Grissom,” July 21, 1961, with attached “Debriefing ”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
I-39 Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Space Task Group, NASA,
to Marshall, NASA (attention: Dr. Wernher von Braun),
“Termination of Mercury Redstone Program,” August 23, 1961
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
I-40 Abe Silverstein, Director of Space Flight Programs, NASA,
Memorandum for Administrator, “Use of a Television System
in Manned Mercury-Atlas Orbital Flights,” September 6, 1961 . 211
I-41 Dr. Robert B. Voas, Training Officer, NASA, Memorandum
for Astronauts, “Statements for Foreign Countries During
Orbital Flights,” November 7, 1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
I-42 Telegram, NASA – Manned Spacecraft Center, Port Canaveral,
Fla., to James A. Webb and others, NASA, Washington, DC,
“MA-6 Postlaunch Memorandum,” February 21, 1962 . . . . . . . . 214
I-43 R. B. Voas, NASA, Memorandum for Those Concerned,
“MA-6 Pilot’s Debriefing,” February 22, 1962, with attached,
John Glenn, NASA, “Brief Summary of MA-6 Orbital Flight,”
February 20, 1962. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
I-44 Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator, NASA,
Memorandum for Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned
Space Flight, NASA, “Astronaut Activities,” May 31, 1962. . . . . . 228
I-45 W. J. North, Senior Editor, E. M. Fields, Dr. S. C. White, and V.
I. Grissom, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Manned Spacecraft Center, “MA-7/18 Voice Communications
and Pilot’s Debriefing,” June 8, 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
I-46 Richard L. Callaghan, NASA, Memorandum for Mr. James
E. Webb, “Meeting with President Kennedy on Astronaut
Affairs,” August 30, 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
I-47 Dr. Walter C. Williams, Deputy Director, NASA Manned
Spacecraft Center, NASA, “Project Review,” October 3, 1963 . . . 239