They spent the rest of their first day in space doing some experiments and eating their first meal . Their sleep periods were scheduled at the same time unlike previous missions and they were able to get some sleep . The next morning they were awoken at 9:06 am EST and given the morning 's news , which included the collision of two airliners over New York . For the first time during a flight , one of the crew was allowed to take off his suit . Borman and Lovell had planned to both take them off two days into the mission , when they were satisfied that the environmental system was working properly . The NASA managers did not like this idea , and said that at least one crew member had to be wearing a suit at all times . Borman wore his suit and sweated profusely , but agreed to let Lovell stay out of his suit , as Lovell was the larger of the two , and it required a lot of effort to get in and out of a suit in little more space than the front seat of a car
collision of two airliners over New York
1965 Carmel mid-air collision
Gemini 7