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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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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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Laundh of Gemini 11 spacecra
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| Title |
Laundh of Gemini 11 spacecraft from Launch Complex 19 |
| Description |
The Gemini 11 spacecraft was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 19 at 7:42 a.m., September 12, 1966. The liftoff photograph is framed by the sides of the lowered erector. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-12 |
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Launch of Agena Target Docki
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| 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 |
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Astronaut Richard Gordon wal
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| Title |
Astronaut Richard Gordon walks away from Pad 19 following postponement |
| Description |
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot, walks away from Pad 19 following postponement of the Gemini 11 space flight. The mission was rescheduled for September 12, 1966. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-10 |
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Launch of Gemini 11 spacecra
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| Title |
Launch of Gemini 11 spacecraft from Launch Complex 19 |
| Description |
The Gemini 11 spacecraft was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 19 at 7:42 a.m., September 12, 1966. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-12 |
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Gemini 11 spacecraft descend
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| Title |
Gemini 11 spacecraft descends toward western Atlantic |
| Description |
The Gemini 11 spacecraft descends toward the surface of the water in the western Atlantic. Splashdown was at 9 a.m., September 15, 1966. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-15 |
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