Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Dro Eugene M. Shoemaker, Chairman~· Manned· Space Science
Working Group served as Chairman, substituting for Dr. John Clark,
Chief Scientisto
The following people were present:
Mro Carl Abraham, NASA Headquarters
Mr~ Richard Daniels, NASA Headquarters
Oro Winifred Cameron, Goddard .Space Flight Center
Mr. Maurice Dubin, NASA Headquarters
Mr. Larry Dunkelman, Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Jocelyn Ro Gill, NASA Headquarters
Oro Dale Jenkins, NASA Headquarters·
Dr. Urner Liddel, NASA H~adquarters
Mr. Oran Nicks, NASA Headquarters
Oro John Nordberg, Goddard Space Flight Center
Oro John O'Keefe, Goddard Space Flight Center
Cmdr. Walter Schirra, Manned Spacecraft Center
Mr. George Tennyson, Goddard Space Flight Center
Oro Eugene M, Shoemaker, NASA Headquarters
Dr. Shoemaker - I have a series of written questions to start
things off.
These have been submitted by some of the _people here
today and we may then ask for some supplementary questions from
the rest of the people this morning.
We might start off with
the question on airglowo
Will you give us · an account of
Mercury's passage through the airglow layers?
How did you identify
the planet Mercury?
Did it seem to have color?
Were there any
stars nearby?
Cmdr. Schirra - I think Larry Dunkelman and I discussed this at