European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 16, 1943 the stars and stripes Peg 3 hunger no problem for Cooper Cape canaveral Dpi when America k newest astronaut sea hungry on Hli Long journey through space he it within Arm reach of a nourishing beef and Gravy dinner. Or perhaps spaceman l. Gordon Cooper or. May find his taste run Ning towards in italian and Manl Mure i his for the asking or fixing. But neither these nor any of theother foods and drink aboard Cooper a Faith 7 space capsule would be recognizable As common fare for the average banquet table. His in a sort of spare prepared for the prob lems posed by weightlessness. One Type is the food that other is. Astronauts have carried along on previous full rats. These can be popped Inlo the Mouth without the Hazard of releasing crumbs that could float around the Cap sule and possibly interfere with the astronaut s work. Cooper also has a Supply of a new Type of dehydrated Good and drink that scientists Are considering for the future gemini program nights that will keep astronauts in spare forays at a time. Capsule to be orbiting Laboratory Cape canaveral up As-1 Bonaut l. Gordon Cooperjr a sex Lerl ments at a go once medical body temperature j coding by thermometer blood pressure readings electro Carlo Mph in Tel both at rest and during retching exercise with an Elasic Cord urinary test to study Trona it s kidney function. Flashing Beacon starts ozbird orbit when spacecraft re eases two hashing xenon lights mounted on sphere. Astronaut re cords observations of lights during several orbits. Data to be used to Ward rendezvous in projects Gem no and Apollo where flashing rights my be used to guide space thelps together. Dim Light phenomenon photographs and Elmo exposure astronauts do special jobs Cape canaveral up each of the 16 astronauts in thev3. Civilian spare program is a specialist in this nation s drive to Bend men to the Moon this decade. I spaceman l. Gordon Cooperjr is entering his attention on the remaining shattes of project Mer Cury. Other astronauts and their areas of specially Nell a. Armstrong trainers an simulators. Frank Barman launching veil cles end abort . Scott Carpenter Mercury lunar excursion training. Charles Conrad Lay out and systems h. Glenn or. Mercury project Apoll Virgil i. Grossom Mer Cury project a. Love a. Mcdivitt guidance and m. Shorro or. Mercury Overall operations and training Elliott m. See electrical sequently and Mission planning. Alan b. Shepard or. Mercury shares the remaining phases o project Mercury with k. Deke Slayton Mer Cury coordinator for astronaut activities Thomas p. Stafford common Lea tons. Instrumentation and Range h. White ii flight control w. Youngen Viron Menta control systems personal and sur Vlaj equipment. In color of zodiacal tight believe to be sunlight reflected from dust particles and electrons in takes place on 16th definition to study Earth sunlit horizon and atmosphere to see if it can be used As a Rel lab Sextant refer ence during future manned flights to the Moon. Coo per takes Blu and red filtered Daylight photo graphs of the horizon and Atmo sphere As he crosses sunlit portion of Earth. Some pictures taken Dur ing orbits 16 and 21.radiation measurement to measure radiation at Mercury Orbital altitudes and to give additional data on decay of artificial radiation Felt created around Earth by High Altitude nuclear explosions during 1062. Two Golger count re mounted on Retro pack of capsule. Pocket Tan chamber secured to Hatch by Cooper 10 min utes before blast off and a detecting film pack attached to give rough measurement of town Radia Tion inside capsule. Cooper wears four film patches beneath space suit to measure radiation reach ing him directly. Special photo graphic emulsion pack mounted above left instrument panel to detect High Energy particles. Tethered balloon to study atmospheric drag and to be used an an object fur tracking by astronaut. Balloon ejected at the end of 100-foot line on sixth orbit balloon s drag measured on a Strain in ugh. Astronaut comment son state of balloon and line move. Soviet space spectaculars expected Washington up . Of lulls expect runs la thin year to Aunch several space shots More Specto Culner than a Gordon Coop or or 22-Arbit Mission. The first of these May be soon. On the basis of known soviet rocket Power and the apparent trend of the russian space pro Gram officials have listed the Fol lowing 1063 possibilities a manned Orbital flight of eight Days to test systems for a later Moon Mission and to get fur her information on human Renc Lon to weightlessness. A rendezvous Mission in which manned Mecl late would be coupled n orbit. This also would be i preparation for an attempt to put men on the Moon in some late year. The launching of a two Mun spacecraft. Us spare officials believe rus. Sta has enough rocket Power to Send a manned spacecraft around the Moon and Back although this shot May not be on the soviet pro Gram for 1063. Id shot or red the russians could attempt Toland men on the Moon now if they had perfected the rendezvous tech Nique. But unless they Hove an unsupported new and More Power Ful rocket this would require nearly 15 sept rate launch Ings into Earth orbit. These launch nuts would be use to assemble a spacecraft which then would Lake off for the Moon. An attempt of this magnitude appears highly unlikely until the russians have i in Ted the Rendez Vous russians Are perhaps two years ahead of the United state sin manned space flight. This coun try has put four times As Many spacecraft into orbit As Russia but the soviets hold a substantial weight Are not perfect however. Informed and responsible sources hat More than two dozen failures which the Rusland have never include at least six Venus probes at least two attempts Tsend instruments toward Mars and at least two unmanned Moon mis addition there is reason to believe the russian s Mars 1 space Craft launched last nov. 1, May gone silent Long before us Chat Fulcd encounter with the re planet late this month or Early next Mars 1 go canned a lot of inform Lon about interplanetary space however and set a new Long Dis Tance radio communication record according to Russia. Lust month the russians said hey had made a radio Contact with Cooper tells Why he selected Faith 7 As name of capsule Cape canaveral up astronaut l. Gordon Cooper he had three reasons in mind when tie selected Faith 7 for the name of his Bell shaped Mercury space capsule the name expressed his belief in got and described the feeling he and his fellow workers have toward the manned space flight program. It embodies the Confidence of the team responsible for the nation s manned flights into space the 7 is a tradition of sorts inthe naming of Mercury space capsules. It stands for the original seven us. Astronauts. Astronaut Alan b. Shepard or named his space capsule Freedom 7 Virgil i. Gus Grossom. Liberty Bell 7 John h. Glenn jr., Friend ship 7 m. Scott Carpenter aurora7 and Walter m. Schurra or. Sigma 7. 1 when it Wax More than 60 million Miles from the Earth. The . Record is More than 54 Mil lion Miles for the Mariner 2 Venus probe. Lunik 4, launched april 2, was said to have been the third soviet attempt to land instruments on the Moon this year. It missed. Rus Sia never announced the two other lunar attempts. 12-Man jury May hold key to astronaut s life Cape canaveral up there Are 12 men who deliberate daily on the sunny Sands of Cape canaveral. They Are not a jury Tut in their deliberations a draining Muy he the life of an american men Ore members of a Spe Cial Rescue team who during the aunt Hong of astronaut l. Gordon Hooper jr., will Hove Only one task saving the astronaut in Cas of fire explosion or other catastrophe. No worry i never worry about it says air Force capt robot Hackworth the Federal space Agency s Aero ined Lent representative on the earn. We know the test conductor and pad safety officer who direct our movements have Ade quate information in any situation10 make sound we know our equipment anyhow to use says Lee Hipp As Host ant fire team uses specially de signed personnel carriers which have been converted into firelight ing and Rescue vehicles. The personnel carriers would be used tonight a fire which might engulf the missile in the event of a catastrophe at launch. 730 part from Daw team members stand by during launching 750 feet from the base of the rocket they Wear special protective clothing and Are in constant Radi Contact with the test conductor and with the launch area recovery commander who circles the launching site in a helicopter. If the test conductor spots Dan Ger and decides Cooper should leave his Mercury capsule. It would be the Crew of one of these ungainly vehicles that would take him to Cooper were unable to help himself Crew members would climb the Gantry and take the Tro nuut from the capsule. If the spacecraft fell Back to the pad in a mass of flames during launching one Rescue vehicle Cov ered by insulating foam would dash into the fire and bring the capsule to safety. The emphasis is on Quick Andure action. Hesitation might bring death to an astronaut. That i Why the team spends Days and week rehearsing Tor its special Mission. Cooper s capsule full of safely device Cape canaveral up astronaut l. Gordon Cooperjr space capsule was loaded with safety devices. Cooper carried a Elf draft de last Long kit and shark repellent aboard Faith 7. The raft i equipped with a first Aid kit Dis Tress signals and a signal Mirror. Man at work astronaut l. Gordon Cooperjr. Concentrate son a trial space test at Cape canaveral during preparations for his projected m orbit Mission. A photo ment of balloon and appearance Ign list background of sky or Earth la if Way through seventh orbit balloon is sctt soned balloon i coated with fluorescent Orange astronaut can rack it v
