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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.
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