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Schirra and Stafford Suit-Up
Title Schirra and Stafford Suit-Up
Full Description Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (seated), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, Gemini 6 prime crew, go through suiting up exercises in preparation for their forthcoming flight. The suit technicians are James Garrepy (left) and Joe Schmitt.
Date 10/20/1965
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 and Gemini 7 Rendez …
Title Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 Rendezvous
Full Description This photograph taken on December 15, 1965 shows the Gemini 7 spacecraft as it was observed from the hatch window of the Gemini 6 spacecraft during rendezvous manuevers and station keeping at a distance of approximately 9 feet apart.
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 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
Thomas Stafford Trains in So …
Title Thomas Stafford Trains in Soviet Simulator for ASTP
Full Description Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford (left), veteran of 3 US space flights, "flew" the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft simulator with Maj. Gen. Andriyan G. Nikolayev, veteran of two Soviet Space flights, during General Stafford's recent visit to Moscow as part of a U.S. group working on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), which launched July 15, 1975. During a visit to Star City, the Soviet cosmonaut center, General Stafford performed several terminal phase rendezvous in the Soyuz simulator and docked with the Salyut space station. General Stafford, Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), flew on Gemini 6 and 9 and on Apollo 10 missions. General Nikolayev, who has visited MSC, flew in Space aboard Vostok 3 and Soyuz 9. His wife, Valentina Tereshkova, was the first woman to ever fly in space.
Date 12/14/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Astronaut Thomas Stafford du …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini 6 prime crew pilot, climbs out of a boilerplate model of a Gemini spacecraft during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. A NASA swimmer in the water nearby assists in the exercise.
Date 08.23.1965
Astronaut Thomas Stafford du …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini 6 prime crew pilot, onboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico during water egress training.
Date 08.23.1965
Astronaut Walter Schirra in …
Title Astronaut Walter Schirra in cockpit of Gemini simulator
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot of the Gemini 6 prime crew, is shown in the cockpit of the Gemini Simulator at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy (13919), Gemini 6 pilot Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (right) and Schirra are shown in the Gemini Simulator (13920).
Date 01.25.1965
Astronaut Walter Schirra in …
Title Astronaut Walter Schirra in cockpit of Gemini simulator
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot of the Gemini 6 prime crew, is shown in the cockpit of the Gemini Simulator at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy (13919), Gemini 6 pilot Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (right) and Schirra are shown in the Gemini Simulator (13920).
Date 01.25.1965
Gemini 6 crew during press c …
Title Gemini 6 crew during press conference
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot, and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, have been named as the prime crew for the Gemini-Titan 6 flight. Their selection was announced at a Manned Spaceflight Center news conference on April 6, 1965.
Date 04.06.1965
Astronaut Walter Schirra in …
Title Astronaut Walter Schirra in cockpit of Gemini simulator
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot of the Gemini 6 prime crew, is shown in the cockpit of the Gemini Simulator at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy (13919), Gemini 6 pilot Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (right) and Schirra are shown in the Gemini Simulator (13920).
Date Taken 1965-01-25
Astronaut Walter Schirra in …
Title Astronaut Walter Schirra in cockpit of Gemini simulator
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot of the Gemini 6 prime crew, is shown in the cockpit of the Gemini Simulator at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy (13919), Gemini 6 pilot Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (right) and Schirra are shown in the Gemini Simulator (13920).
Date Taken 1965-01-25
Gemini 6 crew during press c …
Title Gemini 6 crew during press conference
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot, and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, have been named as the prime crew for the Gemini-Titan 6 flight. Their selection was announced at a Manned Spaceflight Center news conference on April 6, 1965.
Date Taken 1965-04-06
Rear Admiral W.B. Abhau is b …
Title Rear Admiral W.B. Abhau is briefed on recovery operations
Description Rear Admiral W.B. Abhau, in charge of Task Force 140 for the Gemini 6 mission, is shown in the Mission Control Center being briefed on recovery operations for Gemini by Robert F. Thompson, NASA Recovery Coordinator, and Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Flight Director for Gemini 5.
Date Taken 1965-08-24
Astronaut Thomas Stafford du …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini 6 prime crew pilot, onboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico during water egress training.
Date Taken 1965-08-23
Astronaut Thomas Stafford du …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini 6 prime crew pilot, climbs out of a boilerplate model of a Gemini spacecraft during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. A NASA swimmer in the water nearby assists in the exercise.
Date Taken 1965-08-23
Gemini 6 launch view
Title Gemini 6 launch view
Description Gemini 6 launch view.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center when Gemini 6 flight scrubbed
Description A group of NASA and Manned Spaceflight Center Officials and personnel watch a Cape Kennedy press conference being telecast in the Mission Control Center after the Gemini 6 mission was scrubbed due to the apparent failure of the Agena Target Vehicle to attain orbit.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Gemini 6 prime crew in white …
Title Gemini 6 prime crew in white room atop Pad 19 during Gemini 6 countdown
Description Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, stand in white room atop Pad 19 awaiting insertion into their Gemini 6 spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown of the Gemini-Titan 6 mission. Liftoff never occurred. The Agena failed to achieve orbit, therefore, the Gemini 6 flight was scrubbed.
Date Taken 1965-11-02
Astronauts Schirra and Staff …
Title Astronauts Schirra and Stafford examine a star globe
Description Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (left), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, Gemini 6 prime crew, examine a star globe for celestial pattern recognition in preparation for their forthcoming flight.
Date Taken 1965-10-20
Astronauts Schirra and Staff …
Title Astronauts Schirra and Stafford during suiting exercises
Description Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (seated), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, Gemini 6 prime crew, go through suiting up exercises in preparation for their forthcoming flight. The suit technicians are James Garrepy (left) and Joe Schmitt.
Date Taken 1965-10-20
Launching of the Atlas/Agena …
Title Launching of the Atlas/Agena from Pad 14
Description The Atlas/Agena vehicle was launched on October 25, 1965 from Pad 14. Intended as a rendezvous target in the Gemini 6 mission, the Agena failed to achieve orbit, and the Gemini 6 mission was scrubbed.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Astronaut Thomas Stafford in …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford in parasail training in Galveston Bay
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini 6 prime crew pilot, stands ready to take part in parasail training in Galveston Bay. He is wearing a space suit, helmet and carrying water survival gear.
Date Taken 1965-08-23
Astronauts Stafford and Schi …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Schirra during suiting exercises
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot, and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, Gemini 6 prime crew, during suiting up exercises at the Kennedy Space Center.
Date Taken 1965-10-01
Gemini 6 insignia
Title Gemini 6 insignia
Description This hexagonal-shaped insignia is the emblem of the Gemini 6 space flight.
Date Taken 1965-12-06
Astronaut Thomas Stafford re …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford readied for insertion into Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford is readied for insertion into Gemini 6 spacecraft in the White Room at Pad 19, Cape Kennedy, Florida for the first attempt to launch the Gemini 6 mission. NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-1771.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Astronauts Stafford and Schi …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Schirra inside the Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description View into the Gemini 6 spacecraft showing Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left) and Walter M. Schirra Jr. at the controls of the capsule on the morning of the scheduled Gemini 6 launch. NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-1753.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Astronaut Thomas Stafford in …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford in parasail training in Galveston Bay
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini 6 prime crew pilot, sails over Galveston Bay during parasail training. His water survival gear hangs below him.
Date Taken 1965-08-23
Gemini 6 spacecraft and Agen …
Title Gemini 6 spacecraft and Agena Target Vehicle on tower for Plan X Docking
Description Gemini 6 spacecraft (right) and Agena Target Vehicle (left) on the Boresite Range Tower for the Plan X Docking Exercise.
Date Taken 1965-09-13
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
Astronaut Thomas Stafford du …
Title Astronaut Thomas Stafford during suiting exercises
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, Gemini 6 prime crew, undergoes suiting up exercises at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for his forthcoming flight.
Date Taken 1965-10-20
Astronauts Stafford and Schi …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Schirra during suiting up exercises at the Cape
Description Gemini 6 Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, during suiting up exercises at Cape Kennedy.
Date Taken 1965-10-22
Astronauts Stafford and Schi …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Schirra look at cartoon presented morning of launch
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left) and Walter M. Schirra Jr. look at a cartoon presented to them by the other astronauts on the morning of the scheduled Gemini 6 launch.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Artist concept of rendezvous …
Title Artist concept of rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7 spacecraft
Description Artist's concept depicting the approximate positions which the Gemini 6 and 7 spacecrafts will be oriented at the terminal phase of the proposed rendezvous mission.
Date Taken 1965-11-01
U.S. Air Force Radiation in …
Title U.S. Air Force Radiation in Space experiment for Gemini 6 flight
Description U.S. Air Force Weapons Laboratory D-8 (Radiation in Space) experiment for Gemini 6 flight. Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 104-KSC-65C-5533.
Date Taken 1965-12-10
Astronauts Schirra and Staff …
Title Astronauts Schirra and Stafford in suiting trailer during Gemini 6 prelaunch
Description Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (leading), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, leave the suiting trailer at Launch Complex 16 during the Gemini 6 prelaunch countdown (59974), Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. (seated), command pilot of the Gemini 6 space flight, relaxes in the suiting trailer at Launch Complex 16 during the Gemini 6 prelaunch countdown. He is talking to Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Chief, Astronaut Office, Manned Spacecraft Center (59975).
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Gemini 6 crew during simulat …
Title Gemini 6 crew during simulated flight test activity
Description The Gemini 6 crew goes through simulated flight test activity in the White Room atop Pad 19. Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., (left), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, are preparing for their two day mission.
Date Taken 1965-12-08
Gemini 6 crew preparing to p …
Title Gemini 6 crew preparing to participate in simulation flight
Description The Gemini 6 prime crew rides the special van from the Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer to Launch Complex 19. They are scheduled to go through a simulated flight test in the Gemini 6 spacecraft in the White Room atop Pad 19. Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot, and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot.
Date Taken 1965-12-08
Launch abort of the Gemini 6 …
Title Launch abort of the Gemini 6 mission
Description NASA attempted to launch the Gemini 6 at 9:54 a.m., December 12, 1965. However, seconds after ignition the first stage engine of the Gemini Launch Vehicle 6 shut down due to a faulty release of a liftoff umbilical plug.
Date Taken 1965-12-12
Gemini 6 prime crew leave Pa …
Title Gemini 6 prime crew leave Pad 19 after Gemini 6 mission scrubbed
Description The Gemini 6 prime crew walk down the ramp at Pad 19 after leaving the Gemini 6 spacecraft. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. (leading) is command pilot, and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford is pilot. The Gemini 6 mission was scrubbed because the Agena, intended as a rendezvous target vehicle in the mission, failed to achieve orbit.
Date Taken 1965-11-02
Gemini 6 prime crew arrives …
Title Gemini 6 prime crew arrives at Pad 19 during Gemini 6 countdown
Description The Gemini 6 prime crew arrives at Pad 19 during the Gemini 6 countdown. Leading up the ramp is Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, followed by Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, pilot.
Date Taken 1965-11-02
Astronauts Walter Schirra in …
Title Astronauts Walter Schirra in Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description Close-up of Astronauts Walter M. Schirra (foreground) seated in the Gemini 6 spacecraft.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Gemini 6 prime crew seen in …
Title Gemini 6 prime crew seen in the Gemini 6 spacecraft prior to launch
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, pilot of the Gemini 6 space flight, is seen in the Gemini 6 spacecraft in the White Room atop Pad 19 prior to the closing of the hatches during the Gemini 6 prelaunch countdown. In the background partially out of view is Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Backup Gemini 6 crew waits f …
Title Backup Gemini 6 crew waits for launch
Description Backup Gemini 6 Astronauts Viril I. Grissom (left) and John W. Young wait for launch of the prime crew at Cape Kennedy, Florida. They are seated on a car in the parking lot.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
View of the interior of the …
Title View of the interior of the Mission Control Center at KSC during Gemini 6
Description View of the interior of the Mission Control Center at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during the Gemini 6 launch.
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Astronauts Schirra and Staff …
Title Astronauts Schirra and Stafford in suiting trailer during Gemini 6 prelaunch
Description Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (leading), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, leave the suiting trailer at Launch Complex 16 during the Gemini 6 prelaunch countdown (59974), Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. (seated), command pilot of the Gemini 6 space flight, relaxes in the suiting trailer at Launch Complex 16 during the Gemini 6 prelaunch countdown. He is talking to Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Chief, Astronaut Office, Manned Spacecraft Center (59975).
Date Taken 1965-12-15
Astronauts Stafford and Schi …
Title Astronauts Stafford and Schirra at breakfast before Gemini 6 mission
Description View of Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (right) and Walter M. Schirra Jr. (left) at at breakfast before the attempted launch of the Gemini 6 spacecraft. NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-1978.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Table-top view of visual acu …
Title Table-top view of visual acuity test for Gemini 6 flight
Description Table-top view of visual acuity test for Gemini 6 flight. The NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-1923.
Date Taken 1965-11-29
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