250+ Page GEMINI III - VII NASA Space 2020 Teacher Photos Resources Book on CD

Description

All derivative (i.e. change in media; by compilation) work from this underlying U.S. Government public domain/public release data is COPYRIGHT © GOVPUBS
.00 first class shipping in U.S.; .00 for air post outside of United States.
I will combined auctions for reduced postage prior to payment - simply ask for a combined invoice!
See numerous images of actual pages within manual.
Be sure to see my many other eBooks and manuals on CD auctions.
This is an eBook in PDF format copied to blank CD.
FULL TITLE:
THE GEMINI PROGRAM GEMINI III, IV, V, VI & VII: HISTORY IN TEXT, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
CONTENTS By CHAPTER:
TEXT - GEMINI PROGRAM OVERVIEW
GEMINI III MISSION PHOTOGRAPHS
SPACECRAFT DRAWINGS AND GEMINI IV PHOTOGRAPHS
SPACECRAFT DRAWINGS AND GEMINI V PHOTOGRAPHS
SPACECRAFT DRAWINGS AND GEMINI VI & VII PHOTOGRAPHS
Gemini Overview
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced December 7, 1961, a plan to extend the existing manned space flight program by development of a two-man spacecraft. The program was officially designated Gemini on January 3, 1962. It was named after the third constellation of the zodiac, featuring the twin stars Castor and Pollux. The program was operationally completed with the Gemini XII flight.
The Gemini program was managed by the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, under direction of the Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC., Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator of NASA for Manned Space Flight, served as acting director of the Gemini program. William C. Schneider, Deputy Director of Manned Space Flight for Mission Operations, served as Mission Director on all Gemini flights beginning with Gemini V.
The Manned Spacecraft Center Gemini effort was headed by Dr. Robert R.
Gilruth, director of the Center, and Charles W. Matthews, Gemini Program Manager.
Program Objectives The Gemini Program was conceived after it became evident to NASA officials that an intermediate step was required between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program. The major objectives assigned to Gemini were:
To subject two men and supporting equipment to long duration flights -- a requirement for projected later trips to the moon or deeper space.
To effect rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicles, and to maneuver the docked vehicles in space, using the propulsion system of the target vehicle for such maneuvers.
To perfect methods of reentry and landing the spacecraft at a pre-selected land-landing point.
To gain additional information concerning the effects of weightlessness on crew members and to record the physiological reactions of crew members during long duration flights.
A brief summary of the Gemini flight results reveals how successful the Gemini Program was. All of the major objectives were met as well as many other objectives assigned to each mission, with the exception of land landing which was canceled from the Gemini Program in 1964. However, the precision control necessary to achieve the land landing objective was demonstrated.