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GEMINI 9A lTl*;SS KIT ADDENPA In the re-scheduled Gemini gR mission, an alterrlate rendezvous and docking target vehicle - the Aucmcntcd Targct Dockiw, Rdnptcr -- (ATPA) will be used. The target vehiclr: was rlevelootd as an altc!rnat;c for the Gemini 8 mission or subsequent missions in which an Agena would not be available Since the ATDA has no self-propulsive capabilities, the mission plan has been adjusted to accomplish thc maximum number of object,ives which were scheduled for the original Gemini 9 - Agens fl-ight. The Gemini 9 press kit (Release #66-97) contains most of the basic information about the flight which will still apply to the Gemini 9A flight. The following changes from the 9 press kit are contained in this Addenda and are as follows: 1. General release is replaced by General release in the Addenda 2. Section I, pp. 6-7, is replaced by a revised sequence of events to launch and launch vehicle countdown in the Addenda, pp. 5-8. 3. Section 11, Mission Description, pp. 7-19, is replaced by a revised Mission Description in the Addenda, pp. 9-16 4. Section IV, Crew Provisions and Training, pp. 24-25, has been updated with crew activities and training between launches on p. 17 of the Addenda 5. Section V, Tracking Network, pp. 32-39, has been replaced by a revised Tracking Network plan for the ATDA pp. 18-28 of the Addenda 6. The description of the Agena Target Vehicle on pp. 45-47 has been replaced by a description of the ATDA on pp. 29-30 in the Addenda. -1-
GENERAL RELEASE The Gemini 9A mission is scheduled for launch no earlier than Junc 1 from Cape Kennedy, using the Auemented Target Docking Adapter us the rendezvous target for the Gemini 9 spacecraft. Objectives of the mission are rendezvous and docking of Gemini with the ATDA and extravehicular activity by the pilot. Launch of the ATDA is scheduled for 10 a.m. EST with the Gemini to lift off at 11:38 a.m. EST. Command pilot for the three day Gemini flight is Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford. Pilot is Eugene A. Cernan. Backup crew is James A. Lovell, Jr., command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin, pilot. Stafford was pilot on the Ganini 6 mission which accomplished the first Space rendezvous. Gemini 9 will be Cerwi's first space fli,
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