Posted on August 14, 2014
In the 1960s, during the cold war, the US and Soviet Union turned their attention to the moon. The question was, who could place a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth first? Obtaining the necessary data on the moon to risk sending a pe...
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Surveyor_1_Foot_Pad on the moon
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Posted on August 7, 2014
Armstrong eased Gemini VIII toward the target at a barely perceptible speed of 8 centimeters per second. Then Armstrong gleefully reported, “Flight, we are docked!” For a brief moment, the flight controllers in Houston did not realize they had really...
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Posted on July 30, 2014
This was the most complex mission attempted to date. The primary mission objectives were to perform rendezvous and four docking tests with the Gemini Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) and to execute an ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA)…
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Tagged:Agena, Apollo, Baha, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Carnarvon, Chis Kraft, Dave Scott, Edwards Air Force, Eva, Exploration, Gatv, Gemini, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6a, Gemini 7, Gemini 8, Gemini Iv, Gemini Project, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Via, Gemini Vii, Gemini Viii, Gene Kranz, Guenter Wendt, Hawaii, History, Houston, James Webb, Jim Lovell, John Hodge, Karnai, Kranz, Martin, Maui, Mcdonnell, Mission Control Center, Molokai, Msc, Nasa, Neil Armstrong, Oahu, Pete Conrad, Rendezvous, Retrorockets, Robert Gilruth, Rocket, Seamans, Space, Stationkeeping, T 33, Tananarive, Tom Stafford, Walter Schirra, Westinghouse, X 15
Posted on July 24, 2014
On September 20th 1965, NASA named the crew for Gemini VIII. The command pilot selected was Neil Armstrong, a civilian test pilot with much experience in the X-15 rocket research aircraft program. David Scott was selected as pilot. Scott was the fir...
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gemini8 at air and space museum Wapkoneta ohio
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Gemini 8 water egress test
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Posted on July 17, 2014
Many doubted that Agena could be ready in time to meet Gemini’s tight launch schedules. The end of 1965 saw Agena’s usefulness in manned space flight once again called into question, but this time time a substitute target had already been approved fo...
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Gemini Augmented Target Docking Adapter during pre-flight checkout
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Posted on July 10, 2014
During 1965 through January 1966, several significant Soviet unmanned scientific missions were launched. Five of the missions will be covered in this episode. We will begin with the Soviet Luna program.
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Luna 4-9 lander
Tagged:8k78, 8k78m, Airbag, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Earth, Exploration, Far Side, Heliocentric, History, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Kepler, Lander, Lavochkin, Leo, Luna 4, Luna 5, Luna 6, Luna 7, Luna 8, Luna 9, Lunik, Molniya, Moon, Orbiter, Retro Rocket, Rocket, Sapwood, Sea Of Storms, Soviet, Space, Ss 6, Surveyor 1, Zond
Posted on July 3, 2014
The Zond program was one of two lunar exploration programs conducted by the Soviet Union to investigate the Moon and its vicinity. The program began in 1964 and ended in 1979. The early Zond’s 1-3 were originally designed for planetary exploration, w...
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Posted on June 18, 2014
The Gemini Program was conceived after it became evident to NASA officials that an intermediate step was required between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program. The major objectives assigned to Gemini were:
1-To subject two men and supporting equip...
G7 crew
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Gemini 7 spacecraft on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Recovery of G7
Hellicopter over G6
GT7 on Wasp
G6&7 on Wasp
G7 Before Splashdown
G7 Arrive on Wasp
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Posted on June 12, 2014
From the previous episode, we have Gemini VII waiting in orbit for Gemini VI-A to launch and rendezvous. Remember, Gemini VII could only remain in orbit for 14 days, the maximum duration of its flight. The goal was to launch Gemini VI-A on or befor...
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Hint for G6
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Gemini 7 as seen by Gemini 6
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Posted on June 5, 2014
From the previous episode, it was decided that the name of Gemini VI would be changed to Gemini VI-a to distinguish it from the originally planned mission whose objective was to rendezvous with the Agena target vehicle. Gemini VII would be launched f...
GT7 Launch
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Lovell before the launch, in the special G5C space suit, which had a zippered hood with a visor instead of a solid helmet
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Moon and clouds over the Western Pacific as seen from Gemini 7
Borman and lovell boarding
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