Episodes Tagged with "Dei"

Mar 6

Space Rocket History #53 – Gemini 2 – Part 1

Posted on March 6, 2014

The bright outlook that was prevalent in April turned dark in the late summer of 1964 when a series of natural disasters struck the Cape. First lightning, then hurricanes, damaged the Gemini 2 launch vehicle to delay its flight long past the schedule...

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Figure 74. Special instrumentation pallets to be installed in Gemini spacecraft No. 2 in the same positions that astronauts would occupy in later flights

Figure 75. The first stage of Gemini launch vehicle 2 being unloaded from an Air Force C-133 at Cape Kennedy

Tagged:Agena, Air Force, C 133b, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Cleo, Communications, Complex 19, Csat, Dei, Delta, Design Engineering Inspection, Electrical Power, Environmental System, Escape, Exploration, Gemini, Gemini Titan 2, Glv 2, Guidance, History, Hurricane, Landing, Lyndon Johnson, Martin, Martin Marietta, Mcdonnell, Mercury, Msc, Nasa, Pirotechnics, Propulsion, Rocket, Russia, Sequential, Soviet, Space, Titan Iiia, Walter Matthews

Apr 3

Space Rocket History #57 – First Gemini Manned Mission – Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom and John Young

Posted on April 3, 2014

The precise scope of the Gemini 3 mission remained uncertain until very nearly the eve of flight. In April of 1963, the GT-3 mission directive was “to demonstrate and evaluate the capabilities of the spacecraft and launch vehicle system, and the proc...

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Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee is shown at console in the Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas during the Gemini-Titan 3 flight.

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Tagged:C 124, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Crusader Iii, Dei, Ellington Air Force Base, Exploration, F 4, Gemini, Glv 3, Gt 3, Gus Grissom, History, Houston, John Young, Liberty Bell 7, Ling Temco Vought, Mcdonnell, Mercury 7, Molly Brown, Nasa, Nebraska Wesleyan University In Lincoln, Oams, Pregnant Guppy, Robert Gilruth, Sea Of Japan, Soviet, Space, Sputnik, St Louis, Thomas P Stafford, Uss Laws, Walter Schirra, Xf8u

Apr 10

Space Rocket History #58 – Corned Beef Controversy – Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom and John Young – Part 2

Posted on April 10, 2014

Grissom – What is it? Young: Corned beef sandwich. Grissom: Where did it come from? Young: I brought it with me. Let’s see how it tastes. Smells, doesn’t it. Grissom: Yes, its breaking up. I’m going to stick it in my pocket. Young: Is it? It was...

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Launching of the first manned Gemini flight.

Tagged:C 124, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Cocoa Beach, Corned Beef, Crusader Iii, Dei, Ellington Air Force Base, Exploration, F 4, Gemini, Glv 3, Gordon Cooper, Gt 3, Gus Grissom, History, Houston, Intrepid, John Young, Liberty Bell 7, Ling Temco Vought, Mcdonnell, Mercury 7, Molly Brown, Nasa, Nebraska Wesleyan University In Lincoln, Oams, Oxidizer, Pregnant Guppy, Robert Gilruth, Sea Of Japan, Seco, Soviet, Space, Sputnik, St Louis, Thomas P Stafford, Uss Laws, Walter Schirra, William Schneider, Xf8u