Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

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BM/Director,. Manned Flight Experiments Of':fice
March 7, 1966
/JoceJ.yn B. Gill
Status or Scie t11"ie (OOSA) Experiments on Gem:ini IX
The i'ollovi.ng scientii'ic ex:perim.ent are schedule for Gemini IX: S-l,
Zodiacal Li&}lt Photography; s-10, 1Ucrometeor1.te Collection on Agena;
S-ll, A1rglow Horizon Photography; S-l2, Mic:rometeorit Col.lect.ion. on
Gem.1111, rel.ated to S-10; and Dila Ligllt Photography being presented to
SSSC as S-28 on F 1day, Ma.rcb 4, 1.966.
(L. Dunkel.man, GSJ'C).
S-1:
Zodiacal Light Pbotograpey,
tronaut briefing,.
7 repc,rts th t one briefing be. been held in
Houston and another will be scbedul.ed for the Pl.alletari\D. Elliot-t See,
Charles Bassett and J
s Lovell were present for t
first briefing:
Tom Stafford -wa
not.
U: er the circumstances, it is likel.T t
t the
brl .t'1ng w:11..l have ta b
r
eated.
E uipaent,- The c
ra e uipaent is now e.t
e Cape.
Documen a.Uon has
problems, mai.nq the insi.st nee on a l\eV erial number
for th c
ra since it now has a handl on it. 'l'be ba.mlle i.s mounted
with bole on the c
:l'a.
'rri-X film will. be used with and without the
Yindo • With batch open nd
1ng the s
cecraf't as an oceul.t~ di k,
the
tronaut vlll place b:1.mself int e shadow o-f the s/c
see how
:far out bi c
trace the exten ion of the solar corona..
Be will al.so
take 4 pictur
o:f' th a.irglow and a picture of the J0.1k;r Way.
Th priiicipe.11.ilvestigator commen
that he was very pl ased with th
entbuai tic reception fr
See end
ssett for the equipmen't end
t in erested in bis eJI>eriment of
1.
been
sociated w1th it. Since T
st-afford bas
•'ri-...iment.
The7 have been tb
been very cooper
in the experiment 1. pro
, I personal..ly ha
confi.dence that he vill pi k up Yb re S
d Bassett have l.ef't off, and
that t
experilllent c
go off e.s pl.anned.
It employs the same bra.ck.et
S-12.
Th
modus o'1randi: has cost more
tba
nev design and has given much trouble.
GSI
government service
inspection) has been
problem since it was not wrl. ten into the contraet.
The p:robJ.em is with tbe f
ring w:1.t
the b.endle 1n tbe open pcsit1.on.
Lubrication bas al.so been a problem since the contractor ha applied it
1
"g1o
" inst ad ot follovi.ng instructions. The experiment is all reaccy-,
o far s equi
nt 1
concerned:.