European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Pole 24 d the stars and stripes Friday May 17, 1963 22. 9 ski re of Musil from Page it the Crit Rel moment Ullh the up nov capsule in Llu right not Lluc forthe reentry Man Euver. Loss of the utom Nolc system occurred thu Rig Cooper s 20lh Orbell of he 22.9-Orhlt full not. It in shipped off when n Light flashed on which was not supposed to nope rat that time. Bin Cooper continued his flight going through his 21st and into his 22nd or hits. A dismayed. Coljohn a. Powers at project Mer Cury control Center reported thu the astronaut seemed Chipper As usual As he flew Over South Amer the Globe. Mercury control advised the Pacific recovery forces it was sending a of new Henry Manu Al reentry operations to Send Gor do on the astronaut s final passover the Pacific. Astronaut Scott Carpenter had to fire his Retro rockets manually and link up his capsule manually for reentry at the end of h s three orbit flight May 24. 1962. Carpenter landed in the Allan tic Hul was recovered safely. Cooper s flight had been flawless until the Lime that a so-called.050 switch locked on. Signalling his trouble. Afterwards he calmly discussed the trouble with the a Al Fly commani1 ship 273 Miless Outhenal of Kyushu Japan. Countably during the 19th orbit when Cooper said he pushed a Witch to dim instrument lights inthe Cabin. Officiate Fui aled Mercury officials were pulled and asked Cooper to conduct a number of attitude control tests under various control conditions. Powers said that on the basis Oft Ese tests round expert deter mined that the electrical relay which operate the .050 Light and associated automatic systems had closed. Be said the affected system were All those leading up to the beginning of the reentry phase after the reverie rockets ignite. Included was the electric clock designed to fire the Retro rocket automatically. Therefore. Power . Control Center ordered Cooper to fire the three rockets manually after receiving a verbal countdown from astronaut John Glenn stationed aboard the tracking ship coastal sentry Touth of Japan. Cooper was to fire the three reverie rocket at five second intervals about w pin. Est when his Faith 7 space Craft was just East of Shanghai photographed debris May be from Thresher Portsmouth . A an oceanographer Bald thursday photographs have been obtained of what appears to be debris on the Ocean Bottom where the nuclear submarine Thresher la believed los with 129 men. The announcement was made Atwoods Hole. Mass. By Paul m. Fye. Director of the Wood Hole oceanographic institution Whorald it has not been confirmed that theae Small objects Are fro the submarine House votes d to $309 billio icon Fittim d from a on it Nedy administration to revise its spending plans and make other flick a Arr nem no to keep the debt Down. This group announced that by doing this the government could live under a z3q9 billion Call in. The democratic backed Legisla ton would raise the Selling Inu Doo Cooper lands Faith Chinn. More limn 100 ill the Rrth. The Spencer raft was then to de. Or cart on n uni Luitel course to us print shuto Landing near Midway Island. Where a recovery Fier waited. A Promise some sections of synth were faulty Powers wild Cooper would have to spacecraft window to determine his not fiume and whether his can fawns rolling. Lines etched on the window and the horizon would help him deter mine thexor facts Powers said. A report from the Pacific re covery area said the skies were tilled with Clouds Waves were run Ning six feet High and the wind was 15 knot from he it. No showers were reported and All this was considered Fine for cooler Sint left. A targe recovery Force headed by the Carrier Ken Sarge wailed in the urea. The Kana re hoped Loim prove on its record of lust oct. 3, when it had astronaut Walter Schurra on Board just 42 minutes after he landed 9,000 Yards fro the Craft. Everything was set for a triumphant conclusion of the 22.0-Orblt flight which Cooper began with flawless liftoff at 9 04 . 3 04 . Wednesday. This will Climax the most ambitious space venture yet attempted Cooper s flight had amassed a torn ton which will help America shape its Apollo program to land men on the Moon before 1970, All systems Ore go the Alro naut is go. And he has be a Given q logo i Miles Al Equator 1 v Varaska it. Pacific Ocean uj4p,4v/u hawaiian o Ono u a Wake " a 0 Guam Marshall Ca Kunf is. S Guinea ii"-1""0 a lbs to _ Australia rut. .,., Midway end of line this is the splash Down area for astronaut Gordon Cooper s 22-l. Tsik m m pm i j a. No us -. S i emf Tuiran. Klusti it my Herr fiut apart . A Huttt ill ,. Wre i-.1j. Lilt us Usmari Irv. T3t. . A Tui Iii. Oil try 141. American league la a Umici memo m0 ? 1mtoft is �00 Sot a ii Al Fyk Jukl us Hun us Timot. A Wulw i. , is. Ii. Est limit hike n in 2 stages mediately to 1307 billion then tos.109 billion from july 1 until aug. 31. By then. Congress expects Mohave Betler figures on appropriations and taxes. The Treasury has estimated that he Selling Tor the coming year will have to be somewhere in the neighbourhood of $320 billion As suming Congress passes president Kennedy s tax Cut legislation. Signs As ital he had to quit because his Man Date was from the previous per to meat. Tho elections saw the opposition communist und liberals vain 1 million Vetog each while fief and s Christian democrats lost heavily and Pjetro Dennl s Sochaj fut declined slightly. Critics of the pro Mer blamed the setback on his Vance foresees Viet Nam Victory new Orleans up Secre tary of the army Cyrus r. Vance said a Corner has been turned and we re on the Way to Victory in South Viet Nam. He mid . Forces in recent months have noticed More communist defections and casualties and More willingness by the natives to provide american forces Ullh intelligence reports. However Vance mid he would not be so rash As to predict when the 12,000 americans in South Viet Nam might return Home. Pope s Niece weds italian factory worker Bergamo. Italy a . 23. Niece at Pope John Xxiii was married at Sotto 11 Monte the tiny Village near this North italian town where Tho pontiff was born. Maria u n daughter of . 69-Yrar-old brother of the pop a. She is a hosiery Factor worker. Tho bridegroom. Lulu i Coll. 27. Works in a floor til factory. 278 in Usa eur promoted to Captain Heio Lebeba 88 two Hundred seventy eight tint leu Tea Anta in Usab Kur Bam been promoted to Captain. It was announced bar Headquarters Here. For list of names Soe Page 8. Ian Premier Center left collaboration with Tho socialists which Nappan null antagonized voters of both parties there seemed to be Ilelle double that the president would eventually accept Fanfant s resignation and appoint the Christian Domo Eralic party Secretary Aldo Moroto succeed him As Premier. Moro a Man known for his Cau Tion Wai expected to orm a cub inet outwardly based on the same Center left formula As Fanfant s but far less inclined to appease the socialists. The new Cabinet was Likely to Dolittle More than wait for the out come of the socialist party con Gress opening july in. . Navy ships visiting italian cities Naples. Italy a _ . Navy vessels. Including the at tack Carrier Saratoga scheduled Colls at the harbours of Genoa san items Rapollo and Naples this week armed forces week to Welcome visitors on Board. Tho culls Are part of activities by us. Units in Europe for this year armed forces week Ullh the so nato a nerl for pc under lighter Momeni a Hearty hell continued Iron Para to Clent kingdom of Ethiopia Alto of a Unity conference of leaders from31 Independent african nations Cooper carried along a Good sup ply of dehydrated foods everything from Peanut Bulter sandwiches to Spaghetti. Put he has t Hod much to Sav about what he had to eat or whether he enjoyed this spartan Are. Thursday morning there was this Exchange 7 safely so decision for the full Mission a Mercury spokesman said. At that Point. Cooper was mid Way in Tho 17th orbit swinging across the Southern const of alls Trolla on the Start of a Northeast path across the Pacific Back to word the United states. Or. Charles Berry project mar Cury physician said Cooper slept Ullh very regular respiration. -."medically, he bos been in very very Good Berry sold. He added that the astronaut had eaten at least twice during Hll first 24 hours in space. The astronaut who woke him t self without a signal from eartly 1reported to a tracking station at 5 20 . Est 11 28 . Getas his spacecraft whirled around the Earth an its 15th orbit Cooper pulse and heart Bent data indicated est .1 30 . Get. Asked How he slept. Cooperr a piled Prelly he said he Flotd had some minor discomfort with his space suit during his rest. But. That he corrected it quickly. I while speeding across the South 3 Indian Ocean. Cooper reported 1small water pump used to pump a condensed water had broken one m of the few reports of equipment -71failures. J Al earlier during the seventh pass 3 Cooper tried to release an Ingutti a ladle balloon from the neck of i. Capsule but a Small explosive squib designed to kick it Loose failed. A nitrogen Gas bottle was to lip in to the sphere to a 3d Inch diameter. It was to Trail the Eav sule on n 100-foot line in an expert men to study atmospheric drag and whether Cooper could observe Cooper was waved on for Tbs full night not Long after he a Uwi Ned. Of then he went into action with n camera. 1 Over the Indian Ocean he pulled out a 35mm robot still camera " with a last Lens to photograph Thi zodiacal Light t weird glow a Liotla on the horizon in the East before.,Sunrise and after Sunset. Scientist believe the color pictures will prove a theory that the Phenomena Foj. Caused by the Sun s rays reflects ing off dust Clouds. " hello Down therel did l take pictures pictures pm Clurel " Cooper exclaimed to communicator f Virgil Grossom at Gua Ymas a exit " co. Then he reported he was turn 1 ,. Ing the capsule 360 degrees on Fuji Yaw Axis to make a Jerlef of eight horizon pictures for mass Emma if setts Institute of technology Fol which in study no the possibility Elj using the horizon a a navigation 31 reference Point for spaceships re so turning from Tho Moon. It Jet Lens Grossom then passed on some 41 camera Lens sellings and filler Stuk tones Lions from Mercury control Cev 9 tron out John Glenn and Coope you alone Cooper a huh. sism Glenn Cordo you re " a Hooper a huh Roger Thad so you i of
