Word: geminis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unmanned Gemini capsule that descended on the desolate scrub outside Fort Hood, Texas, had not even come close to orbit. It had simply been car ried aloft by an Air Force C-119 trans port and cut loose at the relatively low altitude of 11,000 ft. But the prosaic flight was an effort to answer important questions' Can capsules such as Gemini be brought down to soft landings on hard ground, and can future astronauts be given any control over the point of impact? To both questions the answer was an impressive...
...success of the parasail, after two earlier failures, has not prompted NASA to make any plans for bringing future Gemini flights down on land. Gemini V, scheduled to go up next week, will end up bobbing in the sea like all the others...
Behind all the schemes is an all-important question: How well can man take the rigors of an extended stay in orbit? On such flights, men will endure far more than Mercury or Gemini crews ever did. They will suffer prolonged weightlessness, radiation, fear, prolonged states of alert, close confinement, disruption of normal day-night and work-rest cycles. They will live for long periods on reclaimed water and in a recycled atmosphere. And always there will be monotony, fatigue and the oppressive loneliness of space. "We simply don't have enough experience to say with any certainty what...
...orbit could not hope to use anything as simple as the big wrench with which a car driver changes tires. Every time he tried to exert pressure on nut or bolt, he would turn in the opposite direction. Martin's new tool, which will be tested on later Gemini flights, is designed to eliminate such reaction almost entirely. The spaceman's wrench, 10½ in. long, 9 in. high and 5 in. wide across the motor housing, has a built-in reaction absorber. When the astronaut presses the trigger, the motor near the handle compresses a spring with...
...While Gemini 4 orbited the earth, Astronauts Jim McDivitt and Ed White did not brush after every meal, but in stead chewed a new gum called Trident, which helps clean teeth by using enzymes to break down dirt and bacteria...