Gemini Flies! by David J. Shayler

Author:David J. Shayler
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Throughout 1962, Grissom continued to work with McDonnell engineers to develop the Gemini spacecraft’s crew compartment layout, while also supporting his fellow Mercury astronauts on their own orbital missions. In February of that year, he was Bermuda Capcom for John Glenn’s historic three orbits in Friendship 7 and then in May he was at the Capcom console again, this time at Mission Control at the Cape in Florida for Scott Carpenter’s three-orbit flight in Aurora 7. In July 1962, Grissom was promoted to the rank of major in the USAF and that October he once again served as a Capcom, this time in Hawaii for Wally Schirra’s Sigma 7 flight.

Later that October, Grissom became the ‘training manager’ for the second group of astronauts, which included John Young and Tom Stafford. During 1962, the ‘Astronaut Office’ had been relocated from the Langley facility to the new Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston, Texas, although for the first few weeks most of their work was done out of rented offices in downtown Houston.

On to Gemini

The start of 1963 was a time of change for NASA and its manned spaceflight program. On January 26, the astronaut group, now expanded to sixteen with the nine new Group 2 candidates, received new technical assignments. For Grissom, these included continuing his role as the Astronaut Office point of contact for Project Gemini, as the former Mercury Mark II was now known. He completed his fourth tour as Capcom in May 1963, this time stationed out at Guaymas for the final Mercury flight of Gordon Cooper in Faith 7.

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