Post by Kiwi on Jan 21, 2011 8:24:03 GMT -4
A useful resource for Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space history buffs is the small newspaper, Space News Roundup[/i], which was produced at the Manned Spacecraft Center (later Johnson Space Center) in Houston. PDF copies are available at the JSC website:
www11.jsc.nasa.gov/history/roundups/roundups.htm
Beware that as with many PDFs of old documents, the electronic text which can be copied-and-pasted is not always an exact copy of the original, so must be carefully checked. For example, in the 11 November 1966 issue the original text in an article says:
Spacecraft Communicator: Charles Conrad 1, and Willam A. Anders 2.
The electronic text is a garbled:
Spacecraft Communica-tWoti:lliamChaArle. sAndCerosnra2d. 1, and
The entire corrected article, below, which lists the world-wide Gemini 12 ground crew, gives an idea of the valuable information in the newspapers. Besides the two astronauts mentioned above, it has a few other names that will be familiar to Apollo nuts, such as Charles Dukes who may be the familiar Charlie Duke, John W. Aaron who saved Apollo 12 with his "SCE to Aux", and Stephen G. Bales who handled Apollo 11's 1201 and 1202 alarms.
Flight controllers in Mission Control-Houston are working three shifts during the Gemini XII mission. The two crew-awake shifts are led by Black Team Flight Director Glynn Lunney and Green Team Flight Director Clifford E. Charlesworth, while the crew-asleep shift is manned by a reduced Blue Team of flight controllers.
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) console positions for each shift are identified by 1 (black), 2 (green) and 3 (blue).
Assistant Flight Director: Donald R. Butler 1, William E. Platt, Jr. 2 (on 12-hour shifts). Operations and Procedures Officer: Richard S. Sutton 1, Robert Britton 2, and Donald E. Holkan 3. Spacecraft Communicator: Charles Conrad 1, and William A. Anders 2.
Flight Surgeon: Dr. D. Owen Coons and Dr. William R. Carpenter 1; Dr. Fred G. Kelly and Dr. J. J. Droescher 2, and Dr. W. R. Hawkins 3. Tank Monitor: Charles Dukes (launch phase only). Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer: Gary E. Coen 1, Bartus H. Batson 2. Electrical, Environmental and Communications Engineer (EECOM): John W. Aaron 1, Walter M. Merritt 2.
Agena: Bruce H. Walton 1, Melvin F. Brooks and James E. Saultz 2, and William L. Peters 3. Agena Systems: Bernard R. Brabant 1, Robert L. Carlton 2, and Harold A. Loden 3. Experiments Advisory Officer: James R. Bates 1, and Henry B. Fisher 2. Flight Dynamics Officer: Edward L. Pavelka 1, Stewart L. Davis 2, and Jerry C. Bostick 3.
Retrofire Officer: William P. Gravett and Thomas Carter 1, David R. Massaro 2, and John S. Llewellyn 3. Guidance Officer: William E. Fenner and Clayton Long 1, Stephen G. Bales 2, and Kenneth W. Russell 3.
Maintenance and Operations Supervisor: Clifton W. Phillips 1, Douglas R. Wilson 2, and Ken Jones 3. Public Affairs Officer: Terry White 1, John McLeaish 2, and Bennett James 3.
Remote-site flight controllers manning the command stations of the Manned Space Flight Network are as follows:
Canary Islands: William G. Bastedo, Capcom; George W. Conway, Gemini Systems; Paul D. Nering, Agena Systems; Lt Cdr R. A. Millington USN, Aeromed.
Carnarvon, Australia: James R. Fucci, Capcom; John E. Walsh, Gemini Systems; Harold V. Berlin, Agena Systems; Wing Cmdr. L. N. Walsh and Sqdn Ldr Reed, Royal Australian Air Force, Aeromed.
Hawaii: Keith Kundel, Capcom; Albert W. Barker, Gemini Systems; Thomas E. Weichel, Agena Systems; Cdr A. W. Stephenson, Jr. USN, Aeromed.
Tracking Ship USNS Coastal Sentry: William D. Garvin, Capcom; George M. Bliss, Gemini Systems; Hershel D. Perkins; Maj C. H. Sawyer USAF, Aeromed.
Tracking Ship USNS Rose Knot: William F. Buchholz, Capcom; Robert D. Legler, Gemini Systems; Charles L. Gruby, Agena Systems; LtCol Q.W. Jones USA, Aeromed.
Four console positions in the Recovery Control Room on the third floor of the Mission Control Center are manned by members of the Landing and Recovery Division. By shift number, they are:
Recovery Coordinator: Donald E. Stullken 1, Harold E. Granger 2, and Edward C. Bullock 3. Display: William G. Robinson 1, John E. Hoover 2, and Joe R. Vise 3. Evaluator: Bruce W. Larsen 1, Richard W. Blakley 2, and Frank J. Herbert 3. Status: Wayne H. Oldfield 1, William R. Chase 2, Millard C. Pettit 3.
Other MSC Landing and Recovery people are deployed to recovery control centers and recovery vessels around the world. At the Recovery Control Center in Kunia, Hawaii are Ryborn R. Kirby, Edward B. Petrash and Richard D. Tuntland. Manning the Cape Kennedy Recovery Control Center are Jerry E. Hoisington, Melvin R. Richmond, Rod Bass, M. Richmond and Fred Koons.
Thomas E. Holt is at the Recovery Control Center at Albrook AFB, Panama Canal Zone, while Richard C. Jacobs is assigned to the Recovery Control Center at Moron, Spain.
Aboard the prime recovery vessel USS Wasp are Jerome Hammack, John Stonesifer, W. B. Wood, Arnett E. Kilpatrick, John B. Haughton and R. Lane Brown. Assigned to recovery force destroyers are Dennis G. Mannering, USS Roan, and James S. Arthur, USS Kennedy in the West Atlantic; Stephen H. Ellis, USS Chukawan, East Atlantic; John Hirasaki, USS Strauss, Mid-Pacific; and Sheridan J. Berthiaume, USS Osborn, West Pacific.
Four MSC recovery people are assigned to USAF Air Rescue Service squadrons. They are Fredric C. Sponholz, Dakar, Republic of Senegal; Warren H. Glenn and Ronald J. Simantel, Kindley AFB, Bermuda; Donald J. Bourque, Hickam AFB, Hawaii; and Richard I. Green, Tachikawa AFB, Japan.
Ooops, edited to change Charley to Charlie. Slapped head.
Also added missing "E." to Donald E. Stullken.
www11.jsc.nasa.gov/history/roundups/roundups.htm
Beware that as with many PDFs of old documents, the electronic text which can be copied-and-pasted is not always an exact copy of the original, so must be carefully checked. For example, in the 11 November 1966 issue the original text in an article says:
Spacecraft Communicator: Charles Conrad 1, and Willam A. Anders 2.
The electronic text is a garbled:
Spacecraft Communica-tWoti:lliamChaArle. sAndCerosnra2d. 1, and
The entire corrected article, below, which lists the world-wide Gemini 12 ground crew, gives an idea of the valuable information in the newspapers. Besides the two astronauts mentioned above, it has a few other names that will be familiar to Apollo nuts, such as Charles Dukes who may be the familiar Charlie Duke, John W. Aaron who saved Apollo 12 with his "SCE to Aux", and Stephen G. Bales who handled Apollo 11's 1201 and 1202 alarms.
Space News Roundup, 11 November 1966, page 2
Gemini Ground Support People Deployed to Points Around Earth
Gemini Ground Support People Deployed to Points Around Earth
Flight controllers in Mission Control-Houston are working three shifts during the Gemini XII mission. The two crew-awake shifts are led by Black Team Flight Director Glynn Lunney and Green Team Flight Director Clifford E. Charlesworth, while the crew-asleep shift is manned by a reduced Blue Team of flight controllers.
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) console positions for each shift are identified by 1 (black), 2 (green) and 3 (blue).
Assistant Flight Director: Donald R. Butler 1, William E. Platt, Jr. 2 (on 12-hour shifts). Operations and Procedures Officer: Richard S. Sutton 1, Robert Britton 2, and Donald E. Holkan 3. Spacecraft Communicator: Charles Conrad 1, and William A. Anders 2.
Flight Surgeon: Dr. D. Owen Coons and Dr. William R. Carpenter 1; Dr. Fred G. Kelly and Dr. J. J. Droescher 2, and Dr. W. R. Hawkins 3. Tank Monitor: Charles Dukes (launch phase only). Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer: Gary E. Coen 1, Bartus H. Batson 2. Electrical, Environmental and Communications Engineer (EECOM): John W. Aaron 1, Walter M. Merritt 2.
Agena: Bruce H. Walton 1, Melvin F. Brooks and James E. Saultz 2, and William L. Peters 3. Agena Systems: Bernard R. Brabant 1, Robert L. Carlton 2, and Harold A. Loden 3. Experiments Advisory Officer: James R. Bates 1, and Henry B. Fisher 2. Flight Dynamics Officer: Edward L. Pavelka 1, Stewart L. Davis 2, and Jerry C. Bostick 3.
Retrofire Officer: William P. Gravett and Thomas Carter 1, David R. Massaro 2, and John S. Llewellyn 3. Guidance Officer: William E. Fenner and Clayton Long 1, Stephen G. Bales 2, and Kenneth W. Russell 3.
Maintenance and Operations Supervisor: Clifton W. Phillips 1, Douglas R. Wilson 2, and Ken Jones 3. Public Affairs Officer: Terry White 1, John McLeaish 2, and Bennett James 3.
Remote-site flight controllers manning the command stations of the Manned Space Flight Network are as follows:
Canary Islands: William G. Bastedo, Capcom; George W. Conway, Gemini Systems; Paul D. Nering, Agena Systems; Lt Cdr R. A. Millington USN, Aeromed.
Carnarvon, Australia: James R. Fucci, Capcom; John E. Walsh, Gemini Systems; Harold V. Berlin, Agena Systems; Wing Cmdr. L. N. Walsh and Sqdn Ldr Reed, Royal Australian Air Force, Aeromed.
Hawaii: Keith Kundel, Capcom; Albert W. Barker, Gemini Systems; Thomas E. Weichel, Agena Systems; Cdr A. W. Stephenson, Jr. USN, Aeromed.
Tracking Ship USNS Coastal Sentry: William D. Garvin, Capcom; George M. Bliss, Gemini Systems; Hershel D. Perkins; Maj C. H. Sawyer USAF, Aeromed.
Tracking Ship USNS Rose Knot: William F. Buchholz, Capcom; Robert D. Legler, Gemini Systems; Charles L. Gruby, Agena Systems; LtCol Q.W. Jones USA, Aeromed.
Four console positions in the Recovery Control Room on the third floor of the Mission Control Center are manned by members of the Landing and Recovery Division. By shift number, they are:
Recovery Coordinator: Donald E. Stullken 1, Harold E. Granger 2, and Edward C. Bullock 3. Display: William G. Robinson 1, John E. Hoover 2, and Joe R. Vise 3. Evaluator: Bruce W. Larsen 1, Richard W. Blakley 2, and Frank J. Herbert 3. Status: Wayne H. Oldfield 1, William R. Chase 2, Millard C. Pettit 3.
Other MSC Landing and Recovery people are deployed to recovery control centers and recovery vessels around the world. At the Recovery Control Center in Kunia, Hawaii are Ryborn R. Kirby, Edward B. Petrash and Richard D. Tuntland. Manning the Cape Kennedy Recovery Control Center are Jerry E. Hoisington, Melvin R. Richmond, Rod Bass, M. Richmond and Fred Koons.
Thomas E. Holt is at the Recovery Control Center at Albrook AFB, Panama Canal Zone, while Richard C. Jacobs is assigned to the Recovery Control Center at Moron, Spain.
Aboard the prime recovery vessel USS Wasp are Jerome Hammack, John Stonesifer, W. B. Wood, Arnett E. Kilpatrick, John B. Haughton and R. Lane Brown. Assigned to recovery force destroyers are Dennis G. Mannering, USS Roan, and James S. Arthur, USS Kennedy in the West Atlantic; Stephen H. Ellis, USS Chukawan, East Atlantic; John Hirasaki, USS Strauss, Mid-Pacific; and Sheridan J. Berthiaume, USS Osborn, West Pacific.
Four MSC recovery people are assigned to USAF Air Rescue Service squadrons. They are Fredric C. Sponholz, Dakar, Republic of Senegal; Warren H. Glenn and Ronald J. Simantel, Kindley AFB, Bermuda; Donald J. Bourque, Hickam AFB, Hawaii; and Richard I. Green, Tachikawa AFB, Japan.
Ooops, edited to change Charley to Charlie. Slapped head.
Also added missing "E." to Donald E. Stullken.