Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

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Cops . t o A.Liccardi, A Frandsen, Eldon Hall -
DRAFT
- exped~
!
3/3'/.66
l eady for final
Memo to ill oster
From: J .
. G-ill
Subject :
Status of tibmti:Kixll
cientif'ic tOSSA)
xperiments on Gemini IX
The f ollowing scientific exper iments are scheduled for 'emini lX: S- 1,
Zodiacal Light Photogrophy; S- 10,
icrometeorite Collecti on on gena;
Horizon
S- 11,
irglo /Photo .raphy;
-12,
·crometeorite Collection on
emini, r elated
t o S- 10; and Dim Light hotography being presented to SSC as S- 28 on
F'ri day, arch 4,1966 . lL. Dunkelman, USFC).
S- l : Zodiacal Light Phot ography •. Ney. Oniv. of
inn.
Astronaut briefin ,
ey reports that one briefing has been held in
ouston and another ill be scheduled for the Planetarium. Elliott See ,
Chas .
assett and Jam~s L vell ere present or the f irst briefing: Tom
t fford was not .
Under he circumstances , it is likely that the briefing
will have to be repeated .
·quipment ,
he camera equipment is now at the Cape.
Documentat i on has
presented some problems , mainly the insistence on a new serial number for the
camera since i t no, has a handle on it .
'l'he handl e is mounted vrith holes on
the c mera .
l'ri-
film will be used with and without t he , indov {~.
ith hatch open and us·
the spacecraft as an occulting disk, the astronaut
will pl ace himself in the shadow of the S?C and see how f;;r out he can trace
the extension of the sol ar coron .
He ,. ill also take 4 pictures of the airc:-low
and a picture of the Ilky ay.
he principal investigator commented that he qas ver pleased with the
enthusiastic reception from ee and Bassett for the equipaent and exper:iment .
l'hey have been t he most int~ested in this experiment of all the astronauts who
have been associated ·ith it .
1:>ince '1'om Stafford has been very cooperative
in the experimental pro ram, 1 personally have confidence th· t he will pick up
where ·ee and ~assett 1ave left off, and that the experiment can go off as planned .
- 10: Micro eteorite Collection on Agena . lt employs the ~
br acket as S- 12.
This modus operandi has cost more than a new design and has given much trouble .
USI (govt serve inspection) has been a problem since it was not v itten into the
contract .
l'he problem is with thef iring with t he handl e in t he open position.
Lubricat ion has also been a problem since the contractor has applied i t in
11 lops" instead of f ollowing instructions . l'he experiment is all ready, so
far as equipment is concerned .