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-50-NAME: Clifton C urtis Williams, Jr.BIRTHPLACE AlpD IlATE: Mobile, Ala,, Sept. 26, 1932.EDUCATION:Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering FromAuburn University.MITAL S!l!A!RB: Married to the former Jane E. Laslsche of Mew Bern, N. C.PROFESSIOIQAL ORGANIZATIONS: Member of Sigma chi; Pi Tau Sigma, nationalmechanical honorary; Tau Beta Pi, nationalengineering society; and associate member ofthe Society of Ekperimental Test Pilots.FXPEEIIENCE: Williams, a Major in the United States Marine Corps, is agraduate of the Navy Test Pilot School at Fatuxent River, Md.,and attended the Marine Corps School at Quantico, Va.He served three years as a test pilot in the CarrierSuitability Branch of the Flight Test Division at PatwentRiver. This work included Land based and shipboard tests ofthe F8E, TF&, F8E (attack), A4E and automatic carrier landingsystem.Williams has logged more than 2,400 hours Plying time,including more than 1,900 hours in jet aircraft,CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Williams was one of the third group of astronauts chosenby NASA in October 1963. In addition to participation in the overall astronauttraining pro~am, he has specific responsibilities in the fields of rangeoperations and crew safety and monitoringbooster tanks performed on theGemini 9 flight from the Mission Control Center.-more-
-51-Gemini 1, A ~K. 8, 1964PREVIOUS GEMINI FLIGHTSUnmanned orbital flight, using first production spacecraft, totest Gemini launch vehicle performance and ability of launch vehicleand spacecraft to withstand launch environment. Spacecraft and secondstage launch vehicle orbited for about four days. No recovery attempted.Gemini 2, Jan. 19, 1965Unmanned ballistic flight to qualify spacecraft reentry heat protectionand spacecraft systems. Delayed three times by adverse weather,including hurricanes Cleo and Dora. December launch attempt terminatedafter malfunction detection system shut engines down because of hydrauliccomponent failure. Spacecraft recovered after ballistic reentry overAtlantic Ocean.Gemini 3, Mar. 23, 1965First manned flight, with Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W.Young as crew. Orbited Earth three times in four hours, 53 minutes.Landed about 50 miles short of planned landing area in Atlantic becausespacecraft did not provide expected lift during reentry. First mannedspacecraft to maneuver out of plane, alter its own orbit. Grissom, whomade suborbital Mercury flight, is first man to fly into space twice.Gemini 4, June 3-7, 1965Second manned Gemini flight completed 62 revolutions and landed inprimary Atlantic recovery area after9 hours, 56 minutes of flight.Astronaut James A. McDivitt was command pilot. Astronaut Edward H. White I1was pilot, accomplished 21 minutes of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) usinga hand-held maneuvering unit for first time in space. Near-rendezvouswith GLV second stage was not accomplished after use of pre-planned amountof fuel for the maneuver. Malfunction in Inertial Guidance Systemrequired crew to perform zero-lif t reentry.Gemini 5, Aug. 21-29, 1965Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles (Pete) Conrad, Jr., circledthe Earth 120 times in seven days, 22 hours and 56 minutes. Cooper wasfirst to make two orbital space flights. Failure of oxygen heatingsystem in fuel cell supply system threatened mission during first day offlight, but careful use of electrical power, and excellent operationalmanagement of fuel cells by both crew and ground personnel, permittedcrew to complete flight successfully. Spacecraft landed about 100 milesfrom primary Atlantic recovery vessel because of erroneous base-lineinformation programmed into onboard computer, although computer itselfperformed as planned. Plan to rendezvous with a transponder-bearing pod 'carried aloft by Gemini 5 was cancelled because of problem with fuel celloxygen supply.-more-
Page 1 and 2: P RELEASE NO: 66-179NAI IONAL ACRON
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Page 9 and 10: PREFLIGHT ACTIVITIES AND INTEGRATED
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