Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

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7/7/66

Gemini IX Debriefing 1966 June 16, 1966

Attendees: about 40 off and on

Experiments:

S-5: (from Mr. Underwood while waiting for the session to begin.)

300 or more pictures were obtained on Gemini 9.

Peru was almost completely covered because it was CLEAR. A new lake(?) was seen on one picture which did not appear on any existing map. Peruvian Embassy was called and they sent a military plane to investigate this lake which could be a possible hazard to villages below by producing an avalanche.

Wm. Fisher, USGS, has put out a small technical paper on the GT-4 pictures.

an avalanche.

Wm. Fisher, USGS, has put out a small technical paper on the GT-4 pictures.

S-12: Hemenway and Gene Flaherty. Micrometecrite Collection on Gemini ,Agena.

S-10: The astronauts reported they could see the collection box. Sorry they could not go to it to open it. But there it was bright and shiny.

S-12: Biological analysis

(1) Swabs- taken both pre-flight and post-flight

Pre-flight were dirty

Post-flight " sterile.

3 locations inside the S/C

(2) 5 organisms tested

2 did not survive

2- penicillin and T-1(?) survived/ bacteriophages

The biological results are easier to get at and so the results will come out earlier.

Micrometecrite collection had 10hrs. with two exposures-two openings and closings of the box from the panel and final recovery by EVA.

The S/C was in drifting flight, looking in all directions, but actually not so much yaw as pitch to quote the astronauts.

Some artifacts were present -how made is beyond our understanding.

"You've done for us a really fine job."

Astronauts-

No problem in recovering S-12. Had to pull it off, but it didn't stick.

Didn't use lanyard (meaning!) We heard the squib when it closed.

We were quiet one day and didn't fire the thrusters.

Zeitler has the times of opening and closing the control box which were called down from the S/C

Hemenway to astronauts: Can you tell me about any discarding of material?

Astronauts- At end of first day we had used 80% of fuel(600#).

We purged the fuel cells and had a urine dump which gave snowballs

- During EVA I noticed that the S/C was clean

Stafford says estimate was that for 30 mins it was absolutely clean.

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Stafford- Saw meteors looking down at the earth