Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

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FM NASA HQ WASHINGTON D C

TO RUECYH/U S WEATHER BUREAU SATELLITE CENTER SUITLAND MD

ZEN/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GREENBELT MD

ZEN/U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH OF ASTROGEOLOGY FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA

ZEN/MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER HOUSTON TEX

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UNCLAS SM-7722. ATTN SATELLITE CENTER-DIRECTOR, 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 CON-

CERNED 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FOR GEMINI IX-A IS THEREFORE OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWN AT THIS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/
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