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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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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 |
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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 |
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Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr.
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| Title |
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot for the Gemini 11 mission, relaxes on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico. |
| Date |
07.13.1966 |
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Astronaut Richard Gordon ret
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| Title |
Astronaut Richard Gordon returns to hatch of spacecraft following EVA |
| Description |
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot for the Gemini 11 space flight, returns to the hatch of the spacecraft following extravehicular activity (EVA). This picture was taken over the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 160 nautical miles above the earth's surface. |
| Date |
09.13.1966 |
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Portrait of Gemini 11 prime
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| Title |
Portrait of Gemini 11 prime crew |
| Description |
Portrait of the Gemini 11 prime crew. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right), prime crew command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon JR., prime crew pilot, for the Gemini 11 earth-orbital mission. |
| Date |
11.04.1965 |
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Gemini 11 Commander Conrad a
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| 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 |
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Gemini 11 prime crew during
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| Title |
Gemini 11 prime crew during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (left) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. (right), prime crew for Gemini 11 space flight, practice water egress procedures in the Gulf of Mexico. Static Article 5 was used in the training exercise. A Manned Spaceflight Center (MSC) swimmer is in the water assisting in the training. |
| Date |
07.13.1966 |
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Gemini 11 prime crew during
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| Title |
Gemini 11 prime crew during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
Gemini 11 prime crew, Astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr. (left), pilot, and Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, relax on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico. |
| Date |
07.13.1966 |
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Insignia of the Gemini 11 sp
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| Title |
Insignia of the Gemini 11 space flight |
| Description |
Insignia of the Gemini 11 space flight. |
| Date |
08.01.1966 |
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View of Gemini 11 experiment
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| Title |
View of Gemini 11 experiment D-16 Knee Tether |
| Description |
View of Gemini 11 experiment D-16 Knee Tether before flight. |
| Date |
01.28.1966 |
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View of Gemini 11 experiment
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| Title |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-13 Ultraviolet Astronomical Camera |
| Description |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-13 Ultraviolet Astronomical Camera before flight. Its object was to obtain data on ultraviolet radiation of hot stars and to develop and evaluate basic techniques for photography of celestial objects from manned spacecraft. |
| Date |
03.22.1966 |
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View of Gemini 11 experiment
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| Title |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-9 Nuclear Emission Cosmic Ray Experiment |
| Description |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-9 Nuclear Emission Cosmic Ray Experiment before flight. Its object was to study cosmic radiation at orbital altitudes. |
| Date |
06.02.1966 |
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| General Description |
S66-50715 (09/12/66)- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. receives help in suiting up in the suiting trailer at Launch complex 19 before Gemini 11 mission. He is having the neck ring of his suit adjusted prior to putting on his helmet. |
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| General Description |
S66-50757 (09/15/66) - Astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr., command pilot of the Gemini 11 space flight, is hoisted aboard a recovery helicopter from the U.S.S. Guam. Astronaut Richard F. Gordon, Jr., pilot, sits in life raft below waiting to be picked up. |
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| General Description |
S65-58504 (04 November 1965) - Portrait of the Gemini 11 prime crew. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right), prime crew command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon JR., prime crew pilot, for the Gemini 11 earth-orbital mission. |
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| General Description |
S66-50756 (09/15/66) - The Gemini 11 prime crew, Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr. (right) and Richard F. Gordon, Jr. stand on the deck of the U.S.S. Guam after being recovered by helicopter from the splashdown area. |
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| General Description |
S66-45615 (09/23/66) - Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (left) and Richard F. Gordon (right) discuss Gemini 11 experiments during NASA's post flight experiments briefing. |
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| General Description |
S66-50763 (09/16/66) - Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr. (left) and Richard F. Gordon, Jr. wave to the crowd at the Cape Kennedy skid strip. The Gemini 11 crew had just arrived by helicopter from the recovery ship, U.S.S. Guam. |
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| General Description |
S66-45613 (09/23/66) - Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (with pipe) and Richard F. Gordon (background) view negatives from their Gemini 11 mission. |
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| General Description |
S66-57969 (09/10/66)- Gemini 11 Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., (right), command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., (left), pilot, talk with technicians in the White Room atop Pad 19 during Gemini 11 countdown. |
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| General Description |
S66-52762 (15 Sept. 1966) --- Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (left) smokes a cigar in Houston's Mission Control Center to celebrate the successful splashdown of Gemini 11. Looking on are James C. Elms, center, MSC deputy director, and Charles W. Mathews, Gemini program manager. |
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Portrait of Gemini 11 prime
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| Title |
Portrait of Gemini 11 prime crew |
| Description |
Portrait of the Gemini 11 prime crew. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right), prime crew command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon JR., prime crew pilot, for the Gemini 11 earth-orbital mission. |
| Date Taken |
1965-11-04 |
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View of Gemini 11 experiment
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| Title |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-9 Nuclear Emission Cosmic Ray Experiment |
| Description |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-9 Nuclear Emission Cosmic Ray Experiment before flight. Its object was to study cosmic radiation at orbital altitudes. |
| Date Taken |
1966-06-02 |
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View of Gemini 11 experiment
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| Title |
View of Gemini 11 experiment D-16 Knee Tether |
| Description |
View of Gemini 11 experiment D-16 Knee Tether before flight. |
| Date Taken |
1966-01-28 |
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View of Gemini 11 experiment
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| Title |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-13 Ultraviolet Astronomical Camera |
| Description |
View of Gemini 11 experiment S-13 Ultraviolet Astronomical Camera before flight. Its object was to obtain data on ultraviolet radiation of hot stars and to develop and evaluate basic techniques for photography of celestial objects from manned spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1966-03-22 |
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Insignia of the Gemini 11 sp
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| Title |
Insignia of the Gemini 11 space flight |
| Description |
Insignia of the Gemini 11 space flight. |
| Date Taken |
1966-08-01 |
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Gemini 11 prime crew during
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| Title |
Gemini 11 prime crew during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (left) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. (right), prime crew for Gemini 11 space flight, practice water egress procedures in the Gulf of Mexico. Static Article 5 was used in the training exercise. A Manned Spaceflight Center (MSC) swimmer is in the water assisting in the training. |
| Date Taken |
1966-07-13 |
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Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr.
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| Title |
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot for the Gemini 11 mission, relaxes on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico. |
| Date Taken |
1966-07-13 |
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Gemini 11 prime crew during
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| Title |
Gemini 11 prime crew during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
Gemini 11 prime crew, Astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr. (left), pilot, and Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, relax on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico. |
| Date Taken |
1966-07-13 |
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Astronauts Conrad and Gordon
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| Title |
Astronauts Conrad and Gordon demonstrate tethering procedures for news media |
| Description |
Astronauts Charles Conrad (center), command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon (right), pilot, demonstrate tether procedure between their Gemini 11 spacecraft and the Agena Target Docking Vehicle at the post flight press conference. They use models of their spacecraft and its Agena to illustrate maneuvers. At left is George Low, Deputy Director, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-26 |
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Astronauts Conrad and Gordon
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| Title |
Astronauts Conrad and Gordon demonstrate tethering procedures for news media |
| Description |
Astronauts Charles Conrad (left), command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon (right), pilot, demonstrate tether procedure between their Gemini 11 spacecraft and the Agena Target Docking Vehicle at the post flight press conference. They use models of their spacecraft and its Agena to illustrate maneuvers. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-26 |
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Astronauts Conrad and Gordon
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| Title |
Astronauts Conrad and Gordon view negatives from their Gemini 11 mission |
| Description |
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (with pipe) and Richard F. Gordon (background) view negatives from their Gemini 11 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-23 |
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Astronauts Conrad and Gordon
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| Title |
Astronauts Conrad and Gordon discuss experiments during post flight briefing |
| Description |
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (left) and Richard F. Gordon (right) discuss Gemini 11 experiments during NASA's post flight experiments briefing. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-23 |
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Gemini 11 Commander Conrad a
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| 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 Taken |
1966-09-26 |
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Astronaut Alan Shepard watch
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| Title |
Astronaut Alan Shepard watches Gemini 11 liftoff |
| Description |
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Chief, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Astronaut Office, shields his eyes from the sun as he watches the Gemini 11 liftoff. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-12 |
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Astronaut Richard Gordon pra
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| Title |
Astronaut Richard Gordon practices attaching camera to film EVA |
| Description |
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., prime crew pilot for the Gemini 11 space flight, practices attaching to a Gemini boilerplate a camera which will film his extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the spacecraft. The training exercise is being conducted in the Astronaut Training Building, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1966-08-10 |
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Gemini 11 spacecraft on the
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| Title |
Gemini 11 spacecraft on the deck of the U.S.S. Guam |
| Description |
The Gemini 11 spacecraft is lowered onto a dolly on the deck of the U.S.S. Guam, prime recovery vessel for the Gemini 11 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-15 |
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Gemini 11 prime crew in Laun
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| Title |
Gemini 11 prime crew in Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer |
| Description |
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot of the Gemini 11 mission, reclines on a couch as he adjusts his spacesuit in the Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer during the Gemini 11 prelaunch countdown. He is already wearing the full suit and helmet (50725), Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot of the Gemini 11 space flight, relaxes in suiting trailer during prelaunch countdown (50726). |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-12 |
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Astronaut Willam Anders in E
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| Title |
Astronaut Willam Anders in EVA training aboard a KC-135 aircraft |
| Description |
Astronaut Willam A. Anders, backup crew pilot of the Gemini 11 space flight, participates in extravehicular activity (EVA) training under zero-gravity conditions aboard a KC-135 aircraft from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. He is suited, and he also wears an Extravehicular Life Support System (ELSS) chest pack. |
| Date Taken |
1966-08-11 |
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Gemini 11 spacecraft lands i
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| Title |
Gemini 11 spacecraft lands in the western Atlantic Ocean |
| Description |
The Gemini 11 space flight is concluded as the Gemini 11 spacecraft touches down in the Atlantic Ocean between 1 and 2 statute miles from the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Guam. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-15 |
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Astronaut Richard Gordon dur
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| Title |
Astronaut Richard Gordon during suiting up operations prior to mission |
| Description |
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon is photographed during suiting up operations prior to the Gemini 11 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-12 |
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Astronaut Willam Anders in E
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| Title |
Astronaut Willam Anders in EVA training aboard a KC-135 aircraft |
| Description |
Astronaut Willam A. Anders, backup crew pilot of the Gemini 11 space flight, participates in extravehicular activity (EVA) training under zero-gravity conditions aboard a KC-135 aircraft from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. He is suited, and he also wears an Extravehicular Life Support System (ELSS) chest pack. |
| Date Taken |
1966-08-11 |
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Astronaut Charles Conrad rec
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| Title |
Astronaut Charles Conrad recieves help in suiting up before mission |
| Description |
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. recieves help in suiting up in the suiting trailer at Launch complex 19 before Gemini 11 mission. He is having the neck ring of his suited adjusted prior to putting on his helmet. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-12 |
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