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Water Excess Forces Cut in Gemini's Power
111 a Washlncton Post sta.H Writer Conrad will have been in tinuously, ran out of gas. Just astronauts are expected to the skin sensors in his suit Conrad was told to get some
HOUSTON, Aug. 25 - A space longer than any other how much this reduces the land in the Atlantic Ocean were more irritating than the sleep.
new problem aboard the Gem• human. When the astranauts value of the experiment is not off Bermuda at 10:27 a.m. bear~. "~ete's ~pressure) ,cuffs
ini 5 s~aft and a new pass Cosmonaut Valery F. yet known. Sunday. are 1tchmg him a lot,' he
. Bykovsky's 1963 endurance Discussing another medical noted.
Amer1can.--t11an-in-space record record of 119 hours, it will also matter Dr. Berry said there Round-by-Round Story . 9 29
~o~inatef tooay's orbital ac- ~ark the first time that Am_er- was absolutely no concem over Of Gemini. 5 Flight 61st Orbit- : a.m.
tivities fl astronauts L. Gor• 1ca has wrested a ma3or the fact that apparently only Cooper and Conrad watched
don Cooper Jr. and Charles manned space flight record one astranaut has had a bowel HOrJ_STON, Aug. 25_ (UPI) the firing of a. rocket sled at
Conrad JJ'. from Russia. movement over the last four Here is a chronological OC· Holloman Air Force Base,
Too much nondrinking wa- There were these other days of flight. Indeed, accord- coun! ?f the activities of the N.M. "There it goes, we see
ter is t,dng produced by Gem- highlights today: ing to Dr. Berry, the astronauts Gemini 5 Astronauts: it!" cried Conrad. "We could
ini's fut1 cell ,and threatens to • Cooper and Conrad saw could maintain their present . see it very well, we were right
flood the power-producing and recorded a second Min- regimen for eight days with- 56th, 57th Orbits on the money with the track•
cell. --To stem the flow of ex• uteman intercontinental bal• out ill effect. No voice contact was estab- ing," Cooper reported. Th e
cess water, Gemini officials listic missile fired from Cali• Fu 1 C 11 P bl lished with the spacecraft dur· astronauts used infrared de-
decided to reduce the amount fornia . They also saw and re- e e ro em ing its 16th orbit, which begao tection devices to measure ra•
of J:!(>Wet used by the astro· corded a rocket sled test at As for the f~el . cell wat~r at 1:30 a.m., and during the diation from the rocket's en•
nauts fot experiments. Hollomon Air Force Base in PI"?blem, what is mvolved is 57th the ship's track took it gine.
Flight Director Christopher New Mexico. And, after sev- this: out of range of most of the
Columbus Kraft does not re- eral previous and unsuccess• Fuel cells convert oxygen tracking stations. 62d Orbit-II :03 a.m.
gal'd the problem as serious. ful attempts, they got a good and hydrogen gases into elec• .
The asta-onauts still will be look at the aircraft carrier tricity, heat and water. The 58th Orbits .At the begmnlng of the or•
able to orbit for eight days. Lake Champlain. more power the fuel cell is With both astronauts awake, bit, Cooper _and Con~ad
They still will be able to per• "I can see her turning big- asked to produce, the more Gemini Control at Houston re• spotted the i::craft ~arri~r
form their planned experi- ger than heck,'' was the way of these byproducts it pro- layed a long list ef experi- ~ake C':13mp stellJ!Ung m
ments. What will be limited Conrad put it. duces. ments for them to perform. circles in the Atlantic near
in the remaining days of the • The astronauts took some Similarly, lesser demands Cooper reported that the tight Ber.muda. At the end of the
flight are extra experimen~ pictures of Cuba. "Just scenic for electricity mean lesser schedule was still hampering o~it, they wat~h~d a second
that might have been added shots," said Cooper. They also amounts of water and heat, performance of experiments. Minuteman m1ss1le. launch
to the space flight plan. photographed cloud patterns, too. This is why the Gemini from Va~denberg Air Force
thunderstorms and, on request officials have taken a "con- 59th Orbit--6:19 a.m. Base, Cahf. They were unab~e
New Space Record . of tsU.St.hWeat?edrtBurheautoscienh- servative" approach and or- "We would like to request ~f tracdk thed.roctiket dont tht_eir
; The new record established tis • ey tr1e . o P o grap dered the estrona)lts to use that we keep everything to a m r~ ra ia on e ec ion
by Cooper and Conrad rough- the eye of tropical ~rm Do- less power. minimum in the evenings," equipment.
ly at noon (EDT) today, in reen rou_~hly 200 miles south Because the fuel cell water Cooper told fellow astronaut Conrad repor_ted .~e s!eP,~
G-emini 5's 62d orbit, bested o\Haw~:i- f ·1a a· f rt is poor in color and taste Elliot M. See Jr. "We, for six hours last mght m bits.
that for duration of an Ameri• n spi e O nu . !scorn ° and high in acid, it is being some reason, are havin,J trou- 63d Orb" -12 •38
can space-flight brought on by 1tchmg, con- used to press upon a plastic bl 1 · " H id I It • p.m.• tinued cold a d sleepless e s eepmg. e sa no se
The old 11" e cord was set . n bladder containing the astro- from the experiments posed a Cooper made the flight sur•
early in June by astronauts nights, , Cooper . a~~ Conrad naut's normal drinking water problem. geon's heart flip by remarking
James A: McDivitt and Ed· were sind ~ ~. m ex.tremely supply._ But the fuel cell is onchalantly, "We feel much I
ward 1,Vh1te who stayed aloft go~d co~dition by K.taft and producmg more water than 60th Orbit-7:54 a.m. better since we got our suits
for 97 hours and 37 minutes, chief flight surgeon Charles desire~ an~ official~ fear :.f Gemini Control relayed oon off." The surgeon quickly
From the Control center Berry: the situation contmues, a gratulations to Cooper from realized Coo~r was joking.
here, McDivitt radioed the Relief for some of Conrad's back-pressure could result and his wife Trudy on passing the Oonrad was a]low~d to remove
orbiting astronauts: itching cam~ when h~ ~sked flood ~1;1t ~e fuel. c~ll. total space flight record of 119 some inflatable pressure cuffs
"Let me be the first to con- for and r~ce1ved perm1~s1on to Anticipating a suntlar prob- hours 6 minutes, counting his around his thighs. lie said
gratulate you on setting a new cut the t!ght pneumatic cuff~ le~ ?n longer flights, Geminl artier orbital flight. they "itch pretty bad" an a
American record for manned around his thighs. Tb~ expel'l- ~ffm~ls already ~re develop- Bad weather over Laredo ere not working anyway.
spacecraft." mental cuffs were designed to mg filters that will make the ex forced cancellation of a;
An even more impressive counter the effects of weight- fuel cell water dean and tast est·, on this pass of whether th Orbit-2: 13 p.m.
record will fall to the two lessness on the cardiovascular for drinking. e astronauts could spot huge Cooper reported he and
Americans at about 9 a.m. system. But the ~ower supply Finally, Gemini officials . eye charts on the ground. onrad had completed all of
Thursday. . for the_ cuffs, which automati• nounced tod~y. tha~ barring Cooper reported that he had the day's assigned experi-
At that time Cooper and cally tighten and relax con- unforseen difficulties, the seven hours of sleep. He said mcnts except one. The space•
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