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Shaken by the near tragedy, but determined to put its lessons to good use on the remaining four Gemini flights, NASA officials last week continued to sift telemetry data to pinpoint the location and determine the cause of Gemini 8's short circuit. They indicated that they will probably include new attitude-thruster instrumentation on future flights. And as if to demonstrate their confidence that the U.S. space program will continue on schedule, they designated Space Veterans Virgil Grissom and Edward White and Rookie Roger Chaffee as crew members on the first three-man U.S. space mission—an earth-orbiting flight late this year in the Apollo moonship.