Narrow Search
 
 
Advanced Search

Browse All : Gemini and Earth of Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Printer Friendly
1 2 3
1-50 of 149
     
     
Andes Mountains as seen from …
Title Andes Mountains as seen from Gemini 7
Full Description Waves of clouds along the east flanks of the Andes Mountains cast off an orange glow by the low angle of the sun in the West. The dark area to the left is the Earth's terminator. This view was photographed by astronaut Frank Borman and James A. Lovell during the Gemini 7 mission, looking South from Northern Bolivia across the Andes. The Intermontane Salt Basins are visible in the background.
Date 12/05/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendez …
Title Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendezvous
Full Description This photograph of the Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from the hatch window of the Gemini 6 spacecraft during rendezvous and station-keeping maneuvers at an altitude of approximately 160 miles above the Earth. The two spacecraft are approximately nine feet apart. Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 launched on December 15, 1965 and December 4, 1965, respectively. Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford on Gemini 6 and Edward H. White II and Michael Collins on Gemini 7 practiced rendezvous and station keeping together for one day in orbit.
Date 12/15/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 6 Views Gemini 7
Title Gemini 6 Views Gemini 7
Full Description NASA successfully completed its first rendezvous mission with two Gemini spacecraft-Gemini VII and Gemini VI-in December 1965. This photograph, taken by Gemini VII crewmembers Frank Lovell and Frank Borman, shows Gemini VI in orbit 160 miles (257 km) above Earth. The main purpose of Gemini VI, crewed by astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford, was the rendezvous with Gemini VII. The main purpose of Gemini VII, on the other hand, was studying the long-term effects of long-duration (up to 14 days) space flight on a two-man crew. The pair also carried out 20 experiments, including medical tests. Although the principal objectives of both missions differed, they were both carried out so that NASA could master the technical challenges of getting into and working in space.
Date 12/15/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 7 in orbit
Title Gemini 7 in orbit
Full Description This photograph of the Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from Gemini 6 during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers at an altitude of approximately 160 miles above the Earth. Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 launched on December 15, 1965 and December 4, 1965, respectively. Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford on Gemini 6 and Edward H. White II and Michael Collins on Gemini 7 practiced rendezvous and station keeping together for one day in orbit.
Date 12/15/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 9 and Earth Limb
Title Gemini 9 and Earth Limb
Full Description An unusual view of the Gemini 9 spacecraft taken by Eugene Cernan during his Extravehicular Activity (EVA). His umbilical and spacecraft are visible though he is not.
Date 06/05/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini with Agena on Earth
Title Gemini with Agena on Earth
Full Description Gemini 6 spacecraft (right) and Agena Target Vehicle (left) on the Boresight Range Tower for at the Kennedy Space Center to test the two spacecrafts? docking capability. Agena was designed to launch separately from Gemini and act as a target for astronauts in a Gemini spacecraft to rendezvous with. Gemini 6 was slated to be the first mission to dock with Agena, but a malfunction with the unmanned target resulted in new objectives for Gemini 6 calling for a one day rendezvous with Gemini 7 in December, 1965.
Date 1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
John Glenn enters his Friend …
Title John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule
Full Description Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. enters his Mercury ?Friendship 7? capsule before launch on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), his Atlas launch vehicle lifted him into orbit for his flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds. Onboard Friendship 7, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and the third American to fly in space. A faulty signal indicating a problem with the heat shield forced NASA mission controllers to cut the flight to only three orbits, but Glenn returned to Earth safely.
Date 02/20/1967
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
White Earth Limb
Title White Earth Limb
Full Description Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini 4 spacecraft, floats in the zero gravity of space with an earth limb backdrop. The extravehicular activity was performed during the third revolution of the Gemini 4 spacecraft and represents the first time an American has stepped outside the confines of his spacecraft. White is attached to the spacecraft by a 25-ft. umbilical line and a 23-ft. tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU). The visor of his helmet is gold plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun.
Date 06/03/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Hawaii
Title Hawaii
Explanation Aloha [ http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/hawaiian.html ]! With the graceful arc of Earth's limb in the background, the Hawaiian Island [ http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?4668 ] archipelago is visible in this stunning photo [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/ STS26/10062983.htm ] taken by the astronauts onboard the shuttle Discovery [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980308.html ] in October of 1988. Along with popular beaches and tropical resorts, these volcanic islands [ http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/ ] offer extreme elevations with dark, dry, cloudless skies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020425.html ]. Consequently they have also become popular sites for large and sophisticated ground based telescopes [ http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/ifa/ifa.html ]. The peak of Mauna Kea [ http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/maunakea.htm ], on the Big Island (upper left), boasts an impressive array of astronomical instruments including twin Kecks [ http://astro.caltech.edu/mirror/keck/ ], the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope [ http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/ ], the NASA IRTF [ http://irtf.ifa.hawaii.edu/ ], the JCMT and UKIRT [ http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/ ], the Subaru [ http://www.naoj.org/ ] and the Gemini Telescope Project [ http://www.gemini.edu ]. The dormant volcanic cone of Haleakala [ http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/haleakala/ ] on Maui (just below the Big Island) is home to the Air Force Maui Optical Station [ http://ulua.mhpcc.af.mil ] and the Mees Solar Observatory [ http://koa.ifa.hawaii.edu/ ]. Mahalo nui loa [ http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/hawaiian.html ]!
Astronaut Richard Gordon ret …
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
Portrait of Gemini 11 prime …
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
Eastern Egypt, Red Sea and S …
Title Eastern Egypt, Red Sea and Saudi Arabia
Description Eastern Egypt, the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia can all be seen in this single view of the Near East (26.5N, 36.5E). Not since The Gemini XI photo taken in 1966, have NASA astronauts been able to capture such a scope of the Earth's surface as this mission provided from its 330 nautical mile orbit. Easily seen from this vantage point is eastern Egypt, the Nile River, Lake Nassar, the Red Sea and almost half of Saudi Arabia.
Date 04.29.1990
Gemini 12 Experiment MSC-3 T …
Title Gemini 12 Experiment MSC-3 Tri-Axis Magnetometer
Description Sensors and boom from the Gemini 12 experiment MSC-3 Tri-Axis Magentometer to monitor direction and amplitude of Earth's magnetic field with respect to spacecraft.
Date 10.01.1966
Gemini 12 Experiment S-12 Sp …
Title Gemini 12 Experiment S-12 Spacecraft Micrometeorite Collection
Description Gemini 12 Experiment S-12 Spacecraft Micrometeorite Collection used to determine micrometeorite activity in near-Earth environment, to expose microbial specimens to space to determine survivability in vacuum, extreme temperature, and radiation, and to search for any organisms capable of living on micrometeorites in space.
Date 10.01.1966
View of the earth and space …
Title View of the earth and space from Gemini 2 cabin window during reentry
Description View of the earth and space from the unmanned Gemini 2 cabin window during reentry.
Date Taken 1965-02-04
View of Northern Mexico and …
Title View of Northern Mexico and Sonoran Desert seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft
Description View of Northern Mexico and Sonoran Desert as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft while in orbit.
Date Taken 1965-03-23
View of Eastern Africa as se …
Title View of Eastern Africa as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft
Description View of Eastern Africa as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft while in orbit.
Date Taken 1965-03-23
View of cloudy earth as seen …
Title View of cloudy earth as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft
Description View of cloudy earth as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft while in orbit.
Date Taken 1965-03-23
View of Eastern Africa as se …
Title View of Eastern Africa as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft
Description View of Eastern Africa as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft while in orbit.
Date Taken 1965-03-23
View of clouds over Indian O …
Title View of clouds over Indian Ocean as seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft
Description View of clouds over the Indian Ocean seen from the Gemini 3 spacecraft while in orbit.
Date Taken 1965-03-23
Launching of the first manne …
Title Launching of the first manned Gemini flight, Gemini-Titan 3
Description Launching of the first manned Gemini flight. The Gemini-Titan 3 lifted off pad 19 at 9:24 a.m. The Gemini 3 spacecraft "Molly Brown" carried astronauts Vrigil I. Grissom, command pilot, and John W. Young, pilot, on three orbits of earth.
Date Taken 1965-04-05
Astronauts Virgil Grissom an …
Title Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young review Gemini 3 photos
Description Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young review Gemini 3 photos.
Date Taken 1965-04-05
Artist concept of Rendezvous …
Title Artist concept of Rendezvous Evaluation Pod in orbit with Gemini spacecraft
Description Artist concept of Rendezvous Evaluation Pod (REP) in orbit with Gemini spacecraft using an actual photograph taken on the Gemini 4 mission.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
Photograph of the coast line …
Title Photograph of the coast line of Florida and Cape Kennedy from Gemini 4
Description Photograph of the coast line of Florida and Cape Kennedy was taken by the crew of the Gemini 4 flight.
Date Taken 1965-06-21
Photograph of the Arabian Pe …
Title Photograph of the Arabian Peninsula from Gemini 4
Description Photograph of the southeastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula with the Gulf of Oman at left was taken by the crew of the Gemini 4 flight. Seif dunes (sand) at upper left.
Date Taken 1965-06-21
View of the Gulf of Californ …
Title View of the Gulf of California from Gemini 4
Description View of the north end of the Gulf of California at the mouth of the Colorado River taken from the Gemini 4 spacecraft during one of it orbits of the earth. North is towards the bottom of the picture.
Date Taken 1965-06-03
Photograph of Richat crater …
Title Photograph of Richat crater in northwest Africa from Gemini 4
Description Photograph of the Richat crater in northwest Africa was taken by the crew of the Gemini 4 flight.
Date Taken 1965-06-21
Labeled photograph of the Mi …
Title Labeled photograph of the Middle East from Gemini 4
Description Labeled photograph of the Middle East was taken by the crew of the Gemini 4 flight. Areas in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are labeled.
Date Taken 1965-06-21
Photograph of the Hadhramaut …
Title Photograph of the Hadhramaut Plateau on Arabian Peninsula from Gemini 4
Description Photograph of the Hadhramaut Plateau on the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula taken by the crew of the Gemini 4 flight. The Wadi Hahramaut is in the foreground, with the Gulf of Aden (dark blue).
Date Taken 1965-06-21
Astronaut Charles Conrad ins …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad inside the Gemini 5 spacecraft after launch
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. inside the Gemini 5 spacecraft as it orbited the Earth. Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. took this photograph.
Date Taken 1965-08-30
View of Alexandria, Egypt fr …
Title View of Alexandria, Egypt from Gemini 5
Description View of Alexandria, Egypt taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of the west coastline o …
Title View of the west coastline of Baja, California and Cedros Island from Gemini
Description View of the west coastline of Baja, California and Cedros Island taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of the Himalaya and Nor …
Title View of the Himalaya and Northern India from Gemini 5
Description View of the Himalayas and Northern India taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of Imperial Valley and …
Title View of Imperial Valley and Salton Sea in Southern California from Gemini 5
Description View of Imperial Valley and Salton Sea in southern California, looking northeast, taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of Agadir, Morocco from …
Title View of Agadir, Morocco from Gemini 5
Description View of Agadir, Morocco taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of Cape Kennedy, Florid …
Title View of Cape Kennedy, Florida from Gemini 5
Description View of Cape Kennedy, Florida taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of the Gulf of Tonkin, …
Title View of the Gulf of Tonkin, China, and Luichow Peninsula from Gemini 5
Description View of the Gulf of Tonkin, China and the Luichow Peninsula taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of the Straits of Gibra …
Title View of the Straits of Gibraltar from Gemini 5
Description View of the Straits of Gibraltar, looking northeast, Morocco in foreground, Spain in background taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth. This view was taken during the spacecraft's 14th revolution of the earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
View of the lower tip of Baj …
Title View of the lower tip of Baja, California and Bahia de la Paz from Gemini 5
Description View of the lower tip of Baja, California and Bahia de la Paz taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
Not long before the final co …
Title Not long before the final countdown of the Gemini 7 launch
Description Not long before the final countdown of the Gemini 7 launch, astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (left) and Frank Borman, are seen at the pilot's and command pilot's stations, respectively, in the Gemini capsule. The two astronauts eventually spent two weeks in space and rendezvoused with the Gemini 6 spacecraft in Earth orbit.
Date Taken 1965-09-18
Portrait of Gemini 11 prime …
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
View of the Gemini 6 and Gem …
Title View of the Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendezvous
Description This photograph of the Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from the hatch window of the Gemini 6 spacecraft during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers at an altitude of approximately 160 miles on December 15, 1965.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
View of the Gemini 6 and Gem …
Title View of the Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendezvous
Description This photograph of the Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from the hatch window of the Gemini 6 spacecraft during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers at an altitude of approximately 160 miles on December 15, 1965.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Coast of Spanish Sahara and …
Title Coast of Spanish Sahara and Mauritania as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description Cap Blanc and Levrier Bay on the coast of Spanish Sahara and Mauritania, as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft during its 15th revolution of the earth.
Date Taken 1965-12-16
View of the Gemini 6 and Gem …
Title View of the Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendezvous
Description The Gemini 7 spacecraft as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft during their rendezvous mission in space. They are approximately 39 feet apart.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Coast of the Republic of Som …
Title Coast of the Republic of Somali as seen from Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Ras Azir on the coast of the Republic of Somali, looking east, is photographed by Astronaut Frank Borman and James A. Lovell during the 117th revolution of the Gemini 7 mission.
Date Taken 1965-12-05
View of the Gemini 6 and Gem …
Title View of the Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendezvous
Description The Gemini 7 spacecraft as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft during their rendezvous mission in space.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Central area of Ethiopia as …
Title Central area of Ethiopia as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description Central area of Ethiopia, south of Addis Ababa, showing Lakes Zwai, Langana, and Shala, as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft during its 14th revolution of the earth.
Date Taken 1965-12-16
Indian Ocean just east of Ma …
Title Indian Ocean just east of Madagascar as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description Area of Indian Ocean, just east of the island of Madagascar, as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft during its 15th revolution of the earth. Land mass at top of picture is the Malagasy Republic (Madagascar).
Date Taken 1965-12-16
View of the Gemini 6 and Gem …
Title View of the Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendezvous
Description This view of the orbiting Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from the Gemini 6 spacecraft during their historic rendezvous mission in space. The two spacecrafts were approximately 29 ft. apart when this picture was made.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
1 2 3
1-50 of 149