Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Titan, Gemini 12, liftoff
Full Description:
The Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin lifted off aboard a Titan launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center on November 11, 1966. an hour and a half after their Agena target vehicle was orbited by an Atlas rocket. The Gemini Program was an intermediate step between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program. The major objectives were to subject are two men and supporting equipment to long duration flights, to effect rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicle, and to perfect methods of reentry, and landing the spacecraft.
Date of Image:
1966-11-11
Category:
Launch Vehicles
term:
Gemini 12
term:
James Lovell
term:
Edwin Aldrin
term:
Titan launch vehicle
facet_what:
Atlas
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_what:
Agena
facet_what:
AGENA
facet_what:
Gemini
facet_what:
Gemini 12
facet_what:
Titan
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
November 11, 1966
facet_when_year:
1966
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
9141925
NIX #:
MSFC-9141925
MSFC Negative Number:
9141925
UID:
SPD-MARSH-9141925
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