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“Hey, there it is! There it is! Son of a gun, right down the middle of the road! Look out there! I can’t believe it! Fantastic!” Pete Conrad when he saw his landing site.
From l to r, director of flight operations Chris Kraft, and flight director Gerry Griffin
Jerry Carr, capcom for Apollo 12 Lunar landing
Landing of Intrepid
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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 scheduled time. Even if the weather had been perfect, McDonnell’s difficulties in getting Spacecraft 2 ready to fly might have compromised the schedule on its own…
Mercury vs. Gemini
Retrograde Adapter
Ejection
First Stage of GLV-2
Instrumentation instead of Astronauts
Gemini 2 Launch
