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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Agena Target Vehicle atop At
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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 |
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Agena Target Docking Vehicle
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Agena Target Docking Vehicle during prelaunch preparations at Complex 14 |
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An Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop its Atlas launch vehicle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 14 at 3:39 p.m., July 19, 1966. The Agena will be a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini 10 space flight. |
| Date Taken |
1966-07-18 |
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Launch of Agena Target Docki
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Launch of Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop Atlas launch vehicle |
| Description |
An Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop its Atlas launch vehicle was launched fromt the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 14 at 6:05 a.m., September 12, 1966. The Agena served as a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini 11 spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-12 |
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Agena Target Docking Vehicle
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Agena Target Docking Vehicle launched from KSC |
| Description |
An Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop its Atlas launch vehicle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 14 at 2:08 p.m., November 11, 1966. The Agena served as a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini 12 spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1966-11-11 |
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