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...Hadhramaut region in Aden, shows with exceptional clarity a delicate, frostlike pattern of valleys and ridges that should delight both cartographers and geologists. One shot shows Borman concentrating on the use of an inflight vision tester; another shows Lovell peering out of his capsule, admiring the incomparable view from orbit. A closeup picture of Borman illustrates the effects of zero G in space: hovering near his head is a camera-film magazine floating weightlessly during orbit...
Eyeball Maneuvers. From the time that Schirra made the final major thrust that moved his ship up toward Gemini 7's circular orbit, Gemini 6 was completely on its own, freed from direct guidance by Houston, largely dependent on its on-board computer, its radar and Command Pilot Schirra's "eyeball" maneuvering. Both Schirra and Stafford literally had their hands full. Schirra's left hand was on the OAMS (Orbital Attitude Maneuvering System) translation stick, which controls Gemini's 85-Ib. and 100-lb. thrusters, and is-in NASA parlance-"direction oriented." When he wanted...
Later Geminis will fly two-day missions, primarily to practice rendezvous and docking; while on earth orbit, they will simulate the maneuver that will eventually bring Apollo's Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) back to the moon-orbiting command capsule for its return trip to earth. Next year will also see the first flights of unmanned Apollo vehicles, perhaps even a manned orbit of the three-man vehicle...
...seemingly effortless piloting of Gemini 6 made the intricate Apollo space navigation seem more feasible. On the way to the moon, for example, the LEM will have to be detached from the back of the command and service modules, then reattached in front. When the Apollo is finally in orbit around the moon, two of its three crewmen will climb into the LEM and head for the moon's surface. After from four to 34 hours of exploration, they will blast off and rendezvous with the orbiting Apollo for the return trip to earth, using much the same techniques...
...research at Wright Field; he developed the first satisfactory oxygen mask for high-altitude flight, and played a role in virtually every major high-altitude development since, thus becoming NASA's inevitable choice to screen the original Project Mercury astronauts in 1958 and devise a program of in-orbit medical experiments, many of which were included in last week's Gemini 6 and 7 missions...