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Mariner 1 Launch
title Mariner 1 Launch
date 07.22.1962
description An Atlas-Agena 5 carrying the Mariner 1 spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Kennedy Launch Complex on a mission to Venus. The rocket went off course and was blown up by a range safety officer about 5 minutes into flight. One month later, Mariner 2's launch was successful and it became the first spacecraft to fly past Venus in December 1962. *Image Credit*: NASA
Mariner 2
title Mariner 2
description Mariner 2 was the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft. Launched August 27, 1962, on an Atlas-Agena rocket, Mariner 2 passed within about 34,000 kilometers (21,000 miles) of Venus, sending back valuable new information about interplanetary space and the Venusian atmosphere. Mariner 2 recorded the temperature at Venus for the first time, revealing the planet's very hot atmosphere of about 500 degrees Celsius (900 degrees Fahrenheit). The spacecraft's solar wind experiment measured for the first time the density, velocity, composition and variation over time of the solar wind. *Image Credit*: NASA/JPL
Mariner 1 Launch
Title Mariner 1 Launch
Full Description An Atlas-Agena 5 carrying the Mariner 1 spacecraft lifted off today from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 12. The Mariner spacecraft is scheduled to orbit Venus.
Date 7/22/1962
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Agena Firing
Title Agena Firing
Full Description The Gemini 10 spacecraft is successfully docked with the Agena Target Vehicle. The Agena display panel is clearly visible as is glow from Agena's primary propulsion system.
Date 07/18/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Aldrin Performs EVA
Title Aldrin Performs EVA
Full Description Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini 12 spacecraft performs extravehicular activity (EVA) during the second day of the four day mission in space. Aldrin is positioned next to the Agena work station.
Date 11/12/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Nimbus-A, Weather Satellite
Title Nimbus-A, Weather Satellite
Full Description Nimbus-A, an advanced meteorological satellite, was launched August 28, 1964, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a Thor-Agena B launch vehicle. The satellite was designed in two sections. The lower circular ring housed the meteorological sensors and electronics. The upper hexagonal section contained the altitude control system and had two solar panels with 10,500 individual panels on each side. Nimbus-A weighed 830 lbs. and was comprised of 40,000 components. The satellite was built by General Electric Company and remained operational until September 23, 1964.
Date 8/9/1964
NASA Center Headquarters
Artist's Concept of Seasat-A
Title Artist's Concept of Seasat-A
Full Description An artist's concept of Seasat A, the first spacecraft dedicated for oceanographic studies. Seasat A was designed for monitoring the Earth's oceans with active microwave instruments. The scientific objectives were to collect data on sea-surface winds, oceanography, sea-surface temperatures, wave heights, wavelength and direction, atmospheric water, and sea ice features. Seasat-A was launched on June 16, 1978, on an Atlas-Agena launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The mission ended after 116 days due to a failure of the spacecraft's electric power system. The mission demonstrated the feasibility of using microwave sensors to monitor ocean conditions, and laid the groundwork for future ocean missions. The science of oceanography began more than 100 years ago with the sailing of HMS Challenger. Challenger's round-the- world trip became the model for oceanographic voyages.
Date 5/16/1978
NASA Center Headquarters
Atlas Agena Launch
Title Atlas Agena Launch
Full Description Atlas Agena target vehicle liftoff for Gemini 11 from Pad 14. Once the Agena was in orbit, Gemini 11 rendezvoused and docked with it.
Date 9/12/1966
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Profile of Agena Docking Tar …
Title Profile of Agena Docking Target
Full Description A profile view of the Agena Docking Target Vehicle as seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space.
Date 03/16/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 10 launch time exposu …
Title Gemini 10 launch time exposure
Full Description A time-exposure photograph shows the configuration of Pad 19 up until the launch of Gemini 10. Onboard the spacecraft are John W. Young and Michael Collins. The two astronauts would spend almost three days practicing docking with the Agena target vehicle and conducting a number of experiments.
Date 07/18/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 11 maintenance
Title Gemini 11 maintenance
Full Description The Gemini 11 spacecraft is lowered onto a dolly for preflight maintenance before stacking on the Titan rocket at the Kennedy Space Center. Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad would liftoff in this spacecraft on September 12, 1966 for a mission lasting almost three days. The crew practiced docking with the Agena unmanned docking craft, and Gordon also performed two spacewalks during the mission.
Date 07/21/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini with Agena on Earth
Title Gemini with Agena on Earth
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.
Date 1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini-Titan 11 Launch
Title Gemini-Titan 11 Launch
Full Description Lift-off of Gemini-Titan 11 (GT-11) on Complex 19. The Gemini 11 mission included a rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle.
Date 9/12/1966
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
The First Docking in Space
Title The First Docking in Space
Full Description The Agena Target Vehicle as seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous. This was the first time two spacecraft successfully docked, which was a critical milestone if a mission to the Moon was to become a reality.
Date 03/16/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Atlas-Agena
Name of Image Atlas-Agena
Date of Image 1962-04-23
Full Description The Atlas-Agena-4 boosted the Ranger IV spacecraft for the first U.S. lunar impact on April 23, 1962.
Thorad-Agena Launch vehicle
Name of Image Thorad-Agena Launch vehicle
Date of Image 1970-02-04
Full Description The Thorad-Agena launch vehicle with the SERT-2 (Space Electric Rocket Test-2) spacecraft on launch pad at the Western Test Range in California. The SERT-2 was launched on February 4, 1970 and tested the capability of an electric ion thruster system.
Thor-Agena
Name of Image Thor-Agena
Date of Image 1969-04-13
Full Description The Thor-Agena-10 launched the Nimbus III, Earth observation and meteorology satellite, on April 13, 1969.
Titan, Gemini 12, liftoff
Name of Image Titan, Gemini 12, liftoff
Date of Image 1966-11-11
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.
Atlas Agena Launch
Name of Image Atlas Agena Launch
Date of Image 1966-03-16
Full Description On March 16, 1966, an Atlas booster launched an Agena Target Vehicle for the Gemini 8 mission. The flight crew for the 3 day mission, astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott, achieved the first rendezvous and docking to Atlas/Agena in Earth orbit.
Gemini 8 Launched by Titan B …
Name of Image Gemini 8 Launched by Titan Booster
Date of Image 1966-03-16
Full Description A Titan booster launched the Gemini 8 spacecraft on March 16, 1966 from launch complex 19 Cape Kennedy, Florida. The flight crew for the 3 day mission, astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott, achieved the first rendezvous and docking to Atlas/Agena in Earth orbit.
Atlas-Agena, Gemini 12, laun …
Name of Image Atlas-Agena, Gemini 12, launch
Date of Image 1966-11-11
Full Description The launch of an Atlas-Agena booster carrying the target vehicle for the Gemini 12 mission on November 11, 1966. The Gemini Program was the intermediate step between the Project Mercury and the Apollo Program. Major objectives of the Gemini Program were to subject two men and supporting equipment to long duration flights, and to effect rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicles.
Dr. von Braun Inspecting Gem …
Name of Image Dr. von Braun Inspecting Gemini-Agena Docking Simulator
Date of Image 1964-10-14
Full Description This is a photograph that was made on October 14, 1964 of Dr. von Braun while he toured the Marned Spacecraft Center, now the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is shown inspecting a Gemini-Agena Docking Simulator.
Official Portrait of Astrona …
Name of Image Official Portrait of Astronaut Michael Collins
Date of Image 1967-01-09
Full Description This is the official NASA portrait of astronaut Michael Collins. Collins chose an Air Force career following graduation from West Point. He served as an experimental flight test officer at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and, in that capacity, tested performance and stability and control characteristics of Air Force aircraft, primarily jet fighters. Having logged approximately 5,000 hours flying time, Collins was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. Collins completed two space flights, logging 266 hours in space, of which, 1 hour and 27 minutes was spent in Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA). On July 18, 1966, he served as backup pilot for the Gemini VII mission which included a successful rendezvous and docking with a separately launched Agena target vehicle and, using the power of the Agena, maneuvered the Gemini spacecraft into another orbit for a rendezvous with a second, passive Agena. His skillful performance in completing two periods of EVA included the recovery of a micrometeorite detection experiment from the passive Agena. July 16-24, 1969, Collins served as command module (CM) pilot on Apollo 11, the historic first lunar landing mission. He remained aboard the CM, Columbia, on station in lunar orbit and performed the final re-docking maneuvers following a successful lunar orbit rendezvous with the Lunar Module (LM), Eagle. Collins left NASA in January 1970.
Atlas/Agena, Mariner-V, laun …
Name of Image Atlas/Agena, Mariner-V, launch
Date of Image 1967-06-14
Full Description The Atlas/Agena launch vehicle carrying The Mariner-V spacecraft on launch pad on June 14, 1967. The Marina V mission was to explore the planet Venus.
Early Rocketry Models
Name of Image Early Rocketry Models
Date of Image 1967-10-18
Full Description Photographed are models of early rocketry: The Atlas Mercury, Atlas Centaur, and Atlas Agena.
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center when Gemini 6 flight scrubbed
Description A group of NASA and Manned Spaceflight Center Officials and personnel watch a Cape Kennedy press conference being telecast in the Mission Control Center after the Gemini 6 mission was scrubbed due to the apparent failure of the Agena Target Vehicle to attain orbit.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Gemini 6 prime crew in white …
Title Gemini 6 prime crew in white room atop Pad 19 during Gemini 6 countdown
Description Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, stand in white room atop Pad 19 awaiting insertion into their Gemini 6 spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown of the Gemini-Titan 6 mission. Liftoff never occurred. The Agena failed to achieve orbit, therefore, the Gemini 6 flight was scrubbed.
Date Taken 1965-11-02
Launching of the Atlas/Agena …
Title Launching of the Atlas/Agena from Pad 14
Description The Atlas/Agena vehicle was launched on October 25, 1965 from Pad 14. Intended as a rendezvous target in the Gemini 6 mission, the Agena failed to achieve orbit, and the Gemini 6 mission was scrubbed.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Gemini 6 spacecraft and Agen …
Title Gemini 6 spacecraft and Agena Target Vehicle on tower for Plan X Docking
Description Gemini 6 spacecraft (right) and Agena Target Vehicle (left) on the Boresite Range Tower for the Plan X Docking Exercise.
Date Taken 1965-09-13
Atlas/Agena on Pad 14 during …
Title Atlas/Agena on Pad 14 during pre-launch operations
Description View of the Atlas/Agena on Pad 14 during pre-launch operations. The Agena is atop its Atlas launch vehicle.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Gemini 6 prime crew leave Pa …
Title Gemini 6 prime crew leave Pad 19 after Gemini 6 mission scrubbed
Description The Gemini 6 prime crew walk down the ramp at Pad 19 after leaving the Gemini 6 spacecraft. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. (leading) is command pilot, and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford is pilot. The Gemini 6 mission was scrubbed because the Agena, intended as a rendezvous target vehicle in the mission, failed to achieve orbit.
Date Taken 1965-11-02
Agena Target Docking vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft
Description The Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The Agena is approximately 1000 feet away from the nose of the spacecraft (lower left).
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Agena Target Docking Vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking Vehicle liftoff prior to Gemini 8 launch
Description An Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop its Atlas launch vehicle lifted off Launch Complex 14 at Cape Kennedy at 10 a.m. March 16, 1966, just prior to the Gemini 8 launch. The Agena served as a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini 8 spacecraft. A chase plane leaves a contrail in the background.
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Agena Target Docking vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft
Description The Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The Agena is approximately 1000 feet away from the nose of the spacecraft (lower left).
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Agena Target Docking vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft
Description Closer view of the Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space.
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Agena Target Docking vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft
Description The Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The Agena is approximately 1000 feet away from the nose of the spacecraft (lower left).
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Insignia of the Gemini 9 spa …
Title Insignia of the Gemini 9 space flight
Description Ensignia of the Gemini 9 space flight. Roman numeral indicates ninth flight in the Gemini series. Two spacecraft symbolize rendezvous and docking of Gemini with Agena. Astronaut and umbilical (tether) line denotes planned extravehicular activity.
Date Taken 1966-04-04
Agena Target Docking vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft
Description Closer view of the Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space.
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Agena Target Docking vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft
Description The Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The Gemini adaptor of the Agena is approximately 2 feet away from the nose of the spacecraft (lower left) (25784), Agena Target Docking vehicle as seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft. Instrument panel on the Agena is slightly out of focus (center) (25785).
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Agena Target Docking vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft
Description The Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The Gemini adaptor of the Agena is approximately 2 feet away from the nose of the spacecraft (lower left) (25784), Agena Target Docking vehicle as seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft. Instrument panel on the Agena is slightly out of focus (center) (25785).
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Astronaut Eugene Cernan sits …
Title Astronaut Eugene Cernan sits in Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, pilot of the Gemini 9 space flight, sits in Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer while suiting up for a Gemini 9 / Agena Simultaneous Launch Demonstration.
Date Taken 1966-05-10
Astronauts Stafford and Cern …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Cernan during Gemini 9/Agena Launch demonstration
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (on left), command pilot, and Eugene A. Cernan, pilot, in Gemini 9 spacecraft in the White Room at Pad 19 during a Gemini 9 / Agena Simultaneous Launch Demonstration. This test is a coordinated countdown of the Atlas-Agena and the Gemini-Titan vehicles (33406), Stafford (right foreground) and Cernan prepare to enter the Gemini 9 spacecraft in the White Room atop Pad 19. NASA and McDonnell Aircraft Corporation personnel stand by to assist with the insertion of the astronauts into the spacecraft (33407).
Date Taken 1966-05-10
Astronaut Thomas Stafford si …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford sits in Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, command pilot of the Gemini 9 space flight, sits in Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer while suiting up for a Gemini 9 / Agena Simultaneous Launch Demonstration. A suit technician assists.
Date Taken 1966-05-10
Art concept of Astronaut in …
Title Art concept of Astronaut in Maneuvering Unit during EVA
Description This artist concept of a Gemini astronaut, wearing an Astronaut Maneuvering Unit, during extravehicular activity. An umbilical tether secures the astronaut to the Gemini spacecraft (upper left). The Agena Target Vehicle (lower right) is used for Gemini rendezvous and docking maneuvers.
Date Taken 1966-05-01
Gemini Augmented Target Dock …
Title Gemini Augmented Target Docking Adapter during pre-flight checkout
Description The Gemini Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) during pre-flight checkout in the Kennedy Space Center's Cryogenic Building. The ATDA is being used because the Agena Target Vehicle failed to achieve orbit on May 17th, 1966, causing the postponement of the Gemini 9 mission. The mission (renamed Gemini 9-A) has been rescheduled for May 31st.
Date Taken 1966-05-19
Astronauts Stafford and Cern …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Cernan during Gemini 9/Agena Launch demonstration
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (on left), command pilot, and Eugene A. Cernan, pilot, in Gemini 9 spacecraft in the White Room at Pad 19 during a Gemini 9 / Agena Simultaneous Launch Demonstration. This test is a coordinated countdown of the Atlas-Agena and the Gemini-Titan vehicles (33406), Stafford (right foreground) and Cernan prepare to enter the Gemini 9 spacecraft in the White Room atop Pad 19. NASA and McDonnell Aircraft Corporation personnel stand by to assist with the insertion of the astronauts into the spacecraft (33407).
Date Taken 1966-05-10
Astronauts Stafford and Cern …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Cernan leave Pad 19 after Gemini 9 mission postponed
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), command pilot, and Eugene A. Cernan, walk away from Pad 19 after Gemini 9 mission was postponed. Failure of the Agena Target Vehicle to achieve orbit caused the postponement of the mission.
Date Taken 1966-05-17
Agena Target Vehicle atop At …
Title Agena Target Vehicle atop Atlas Launch vehicle launched from KSC
Description An Agena Target Vehicle atop its Atlas Launch vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 14 at 10:15 am.m., May 17, 1966. The Agena was intended as a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini 9 spacecraft. However, since the Agena failed to achieve orbit, the Gemini 9 mission was postponed.
Date Taken 1966-05-17
Gemini 9 astronauts view fil …
Title Gemini 9 astronauts view film of Agena docking spacecraft
Description Gemini 9 astronauts Eugene Cernan (right) and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (center) view film of Agena docking spacecraft "the Angry Aligator" during a Gemini 9 press conference.
Date Taken 1966-06-20
Agena Target Docking Vehicle …
Title Agena Target Docking Vehicle during prelaunch preparations at Complex 14
Description An Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop its Atlas launch vehicle during prelaunch preparations at Launch Complex 14. The Agena will be a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini 10 space flight.
Date Taken 1966-07-18
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