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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
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-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
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.
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.
ECHO Project
Title ECHO Project
Description Pageos Group at the launch from the Pacific Missile Range in June 1966. Pageos 1 was launched with a Thor-Agena rocket.
Date 09.08.1966
Gemini 11 Commander Conrad a …
Title Gemini 11 Commander Conrad and Pilot Gordon at post flight press conference
Description Gemini 11 Commander Charles Conrad, Jr (left) and Pilot Richard F. Gordon, Jr describe mission activities during their post flight press conference at JSC. Gordon at the microphone talks about the extravehicular activity (EVA) photo projected behind the two crewmembers. During the EVA Gordon attached a tether to the Agena and retrieved a nuclear emulsion experiment package.
Date 09.26.1966
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
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
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
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 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
Launch of Agena Target Docki …
Title 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
Agena Target Docking Vehicle …
Title 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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