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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Gemini with Agena on Earth
Title
Gemini with Agena on Earth
Title
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Full Description:
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Gemini 6 spacecraft (right) and Agena Target Vehicle (left) on the Boresight Range Tower for at the Kennedy Space Center to test the two spacecrafts? docking capability. Agena was designed to launch separately from Gemini and act as a target for astronauts in a Gemini spacecraft to rendezvous with. Gemini 6 was slated to be the first mission to dock with Agena, but a malfunction with the unmanned target resulted in new objectives for Gemini 6 calling for a one day rendezvous with Gemini 7 in December, 1965.
Full_Description
Gemini 6 spacecraft (right) and Agena Target Vehicle (left) on the Boresight Range Tower for at the Kennedy Space Center to test the two spacecrafts? docking capability. Agena was designed to launch separately from Gemini and act as a target for astronauts in a Gemini spacecraft to rendezvous with. Gemini 6 was slated to be the first mission to dock with Agena, but a malfunction with the unmanned target resulted in new objectives for Gemini 6 calling for a one day rendezvous with Gemini 7 in December, 1965.
Full Description
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Date:
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1965
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NASA Center:
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Johnson Space Center
NASA_Center
Johnson Space Center
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Gemini
Subject_Category
Gemini
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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tower
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Keywords:
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Gemini,
Keywords
Gemini,
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Agena,
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Keywords:
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docking,
Keywords
docking,
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Boresight
Keywords
Boresight
Keywords
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Keywords:
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range
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Gemini
facet_what
Gemini
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Gemini 7
facet_what
Gemini 7
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Agena
facet_what
Agena
facet_what
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facet_what:
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AGENA
facet_what
AGENA
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Gemini 6
facet_what
Gemini 6
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Washington, D.C.
facet_where
Washington, D.C.
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_where
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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December, 1965
facet_when
December, 1965
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1965
facet_when_year
1965
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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s65-52015
Image_#
s65-52015
Image #
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2006-00 0033
UID
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2006-00 0033
UID
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Center:
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JSC
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Center Number:
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s65-52015
Center_Number
s65-52015
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2006-000033
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2006-000033
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
Creator-Photographer
NASA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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Digital
Original_Source
Digital
Original Source
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