Gemini 9 is 'go' pilots are ready
CAPE KENNEDY — (UPI) — With the Gemini 9 "go" reports pouring in, America's best trained pair of astronauts today got set for blastoff Tuesday on the toughest U.S. manned spaceflight.
Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Stafford, 35, and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eugene Cernan, 32, tackled a day of review, last minute preparation and rest for their launch date Tuesday.
THE VETERAN launch teams for both Gemini 9 and its Atlas-Agena rendezvous rocket were busy readying the two space machines 6,000 feet apart for the start of the final duel countdown early Tuesday.
Officials at the firing pads, the Houston control center and worldwide tracking stations continued to watch their all-clear reports for the three-day rendezvous and spacewalk spectacular that will lay more groundwork for Apollo flights to the moon.
Engineers get booted
In the '20s and '30s, the Hobnail Hop closed the annual engineering exposition.
The Hop, an annual dance, was sponsored by the Engineering Council for the benefit of the engineers. All other students were invited.
The main feature of the dance was the crowning of the Engineers' Queen, who was elected earlier in the week by students in the School of Engineering.
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Even the weatherman was cooperating. The word was "satisfactory" wherever it mattered. For the Cape, partly cloudy skies and balmy temperates were expected at launch time.
THINGS WERE going so well Sunday that Flight Director Christopher C. Kraft Jr. took part of the day off and went fishing. The astronauts relaxed most of the day although Stafford spent more time practicing in a mockup spacecraft.
"I think by far this is the best trained crew we've had," Kraft said in an interview Sunday evening.
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