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Deputy Administrator Seamans wanted a mission review board created to study:
(1) Corrective measures for the Atlas-Agena failure
(2) The guidance update problem that delayed the launch two days
(3) The shroud incident
(4) The suit environmental control difficulties
Gemini X Crew-Collins & Young
Gemini IX to X Handoff
Mike Collins Pre-Launch
Atlas-Agena Prep.
Gemini X Atlas-Agena Launch
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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)…
Atlas-Agena Launch
Gemini 8 Launch
GATV seen from G8
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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 first of the Group 3 astronauts selected for a mission. The backup crew for Gemini VIII, was Navy Lieutenant Commanders Pete Conrad and Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
Scott & Armstrong
Armstrong
David Scott
Armstrong and Scott
Armstrong
Armstrong over Korea
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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 for development…
The Guys
Agena
ATDA
Gemini-Agena
Agena Hangar
