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In-Flight Phonocardiogram ................ 49Bond Demineralization .................... 49Electrostatic Charge ..................... 0-51Proton-Electron Spectrometer ............. 51-52Tri-Axis Flux-Gate Magnetometer ..........53-54Two-Color Earth's Limb Photography ....... 9-56Synoptic Terrain Photography .............5 7-59Synoptic Weather Photography ............. 60-62Food for Gemini 4 ........................... 63 -64Gemini 4 Menu ............................ 65-68Gemini Spacecraft ........................... 69Reentry Module ........................... 69-70Adapter Section ......................... .70-76Liquid Rocket Systems (Illustration)..... 71Thrust Chamber Arran ement (Illustration)72Maneuvering Control 7 Illustration) ....... 73Response to Control Thrust (Illustration)74RCS Function (Illustration) .............. 75Gemini Launch Vehicie ...................... .7 7-80Gemini Space Suit ........................... 8 1-82Crew Biographies ............................ 83James A . McDivitt ........................ 83Edward H . White I1 ....................... 84Frank Borman ............................. 85James A . Lovell, Jr ...................... 86Project Officials ........................... 8'7Previous Gemini lights ..................... 8 8-90Orbits-Revolutions .......................... 91- 0 -NOTE TO EDITORS:Supplemental information will be releasedas rapidly as it develops .
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION wo 2-4155NEWS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 TELS. WO 3-6925RELEASE NO: 65-158FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY PM~sMay 21, 1965NASA SCHEDULES FOUR-DAYMANNED GEMINI FLIGHTFROM CAPE KENNEDYThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration willlaunch the United States' longest duration manned spaceflight to date from Cape Kennedy, Fla., no earlier than June 3.The two-man Gemini 4 mission is scheduled to circle theEarth 62 times in four days to evaluate the effects of extendedspace flight on crew performance and physical condition.Astronaut James A. McDivitt is command pilot and AstronautEdward H. White I1 is pilot for the flight. Astronauts FrankBorman and James A. Lovell, Jr., the back-up crew, will replacethe primary crew should either member of that team becomeineligible for the flight.The mission is designated Gemini 4--the fourth of 12flights planned in the Gemini project.Gemini 1 and Gemini 2, were wunanned.The first two missions,Astronauts VirgilGrissom and John Young orbited the Earth three times March23 in Gemini 3.- more -
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Page 5 and 6: - 3 -Engineering experiments will m
Page 7 and 8: Second stayeseparatio5gRetro adapte
Page 9 and 10: - 6 -GEMINI 4 PRIMARY OBJECTIVES1.
Page 11 and 12: - 8 -Orbital insertion will occur a
Page 13 and 14: - 10 -Between 30th Apogee and 30th
Page 15 and 16: - 12 -even if the retrorockets shou
Page 17 and 18: - 14 -PararescueThe decision to use
Page 19 and 20: - 16 -T-3 minutes Set in launch azi
Page 21 and 22: - 18 -i. Training sessions totaling
Page 23 and 24: - 20 -actuates spacecraft separatio
Page 25 and 26: - 22 -3334Pilot awakes.M-3 (exercis
Page 27 and 28: - 24 -CREW SAFETYCrew safety is par
Page 29 and 30: - 26 -retrorockets to separate the
Page 31 and 32: - 28 -InflightThere are no single p
Page 33 and 34: - 30 -In Gemini 4, should the retro
Page 35 and 36: - 32 -Contingency areas are all oth
Page 37 and 38: - 34 -GEMINI SURVIVAL PACKAGEThe Ge
Page 39 and 40: - 36 -The medical kit contains a on
Page 41 and 42: - 33 -Carnarvon, AustraliaHawaiikhi
Page 43 and 44: - 40 -During the launch phase, Kenn
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Page 47 and 48: - 44 -Department of Defense.DOD is
Page 49 and 50: - 45 -MEDICAL CHECKSMedical checks
Page 51 and 52: - 48 -GEMINI 4 EXPERIMENTSNASA has
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- 50 -Electrostatic ChargeENGINE;EX
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- 52 -The number and energy of the
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- 54 -charged particles known, inte
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- 56 -The experj-metit does not req
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- 58 -of the crust and upper mantle
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- 60 -The experiment is being condu
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- 62 -prepared photographic experim
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- 54 -The food forrnulation concept
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- 56 -Second DayIvIcDivittCaloriesB
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- 68 -Fourth DayMcDivittWhiteCalori
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THRUST CHAMBER ARRANGEMENTATTITUDE
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SPACECRAFT RESPONSES TO ORBIT ATTIT
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*Equi~m~~t bay contains:0 Batteries
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- 82 -3. A strain relief zipper has
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- 84 -Edward H.(for Higgins) White
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- 86 -James A.crew pilot(for Arthur
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- 88 -PREVIOUS GEMINI FLIGHTSGemini
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