Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

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PP WONASA HOUMSC
DE NASAHQ 7722 1512235
ZNR UUUUU
P 312229Z
FM NASA HQ WASHINGTON D C
TO RUECYH/U S WEATHER BUREAU SATELLITE CENTER SUITLAND MD
NAGSFC/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GREENBELT MD
WONASA/U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH OF ASTROGEOLOGY FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA
HOUMSC/MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER HOUSTON TEX
NASA
BT
UNCLAS SM-7722. ATTN SATELLITE CENTER-DIRECTOR CMA INFO KENNETH NAGLER
/S-6/ ATTN GSFC-DIRECTOR CMA INFO LARRY DUNKELMAN S-28 AND DR PAUL
LOWMAN JR S-5 ATTN US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-DIRECTOR CMA INFO ELLIOTT
MORRIS S-29 ATTN MSC-DIRECTOR.

AT 16.30 EDT CMA FRIDAY CMA MAY 29 WORD CAME THROUGH TO THE MANNED FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS OFFICE CMA OSSA TO READY EXPERIMENTS S-5 CMA S-6 CMA S-28 CMA AND S-29 FOR FLIGHT AS PARTIAL BACKUP ON THE GEMINI IX-A MISSION IN THE EVENT OF AN ATDA FAILURE. THE EXPERIMENTERS CONCERNED WERE PROMPTLY INFORMED BY TELEPHONE AND THEY

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PREPARED TO COMPLY WITH ANY BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS AT THE CAPE OR FOR REAL-TIME MISSION PLANNING AT MSC.
OVER THE WEEKEND THE PLAN TO USE THESE ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS AS A PART OF THE BACKUP FOR THE GEMINI IX-A MISSION WAS ALTERED. THERE IS NO UNDERLINED CHANGE TO BE MADE IN THE FILM PACKS CARRIED. HENCE NO ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT SOME PHOTOS FOR S-T AND S-6 MAY BE TAKEN ON AN OPPORTUNITY BASIS ON OPERATIONAL FILM CARRIED. THE REQUEST FOR THE FOUR SUBJECT EXPERIMENTS FOR GEMINI IX-A IS THEREFORE OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWN AT THIS TIME. THE FOUR EXPERIMENTERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES VIZ. DR LOWMAN CMA JR. CMA MR NAGLER CMA MR DUNKELMAN CMA MR MORRIS CMA ARE THANKED FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH THIS SUDDEN REQUEST. IT IS REGRETTED THAT INCONVENIENCE WAS CAUSED EACH OF YOU OVER THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
SGD HOMER E NEWELL/ ASSOCIATE ADMIN SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS/S/ BT

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