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MA-1 Capsule Reassembled Aft
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| Title |
MA-1 Capsule Reassembled After Explosion |
| Full Description |
The main objectives of Mercury Atlas-1's (MA-1) were to recover the capsule and test the integrity of the Mercury capsule structure and afterbody shingles. About one minute after liftoff MA-1 exploded and the remaining debris landed 7 miles off the Florida shore. The debris was collected and engineers attempted to reassemble MA-1 to determine the cause of the explosion. |
| Date |
07/29/1960 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Mercury 8 in Hanger
| Title |
Mercury 8 in Hanger |
| Full Description |
Personnel in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida prepare Wally Schirra's Mercury 8 capsule nicknamed "Sigma 7" for delivery to the launch pad to be mated to the Atlas launch vehicle. |
| Date |
09/10/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Carpenter in White Room
| Title |
Carpenter in White Room |
| Full Description |
Inside Hangar S at the White Room Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Mercury astronaut M. Scott Carpenter examines the honeycomb protective material on the main pressure bulkhead (heat shield) of his Mercury capsule nicknamed "Aurora 7. |
| Date |
03/06/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronauts Grissom and Young
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| Title |
Astronauts Grissom and Young in Gemini Mission Simulator |
| Description |
Astronauts Viril I. Grissom (right) and John Young (left), prime crew for the Gemini-Titan 3 mission, are shown inspecting the inside of Gemini spacecraft at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date |
11.19.1964 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, astronaut John Young is warmly greeted as he is introduced as a previous inductee. Co-holder of a record for the most space flights, six, he flew on Gemini 3 and 10, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10, walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, and commanded two space shuttle missions, STS-1 and STS-9. Young currently serves as associate director, technical, at Johnson Space Center. The induction ceremony was held at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC. New inductees are Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russia?s Mir space station, the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission, Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, and Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission and the current NASA deputy administrator. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. The five inductees join 52 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs. |
| Release Date |
05/01/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the KSC Visitor Complex, former astronaut James A. Lovell (standing left) greets former astronaut Story Musgrave (standing right) at his induction ceremony into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Also seated on the dais are, from left, former astronaut and Senator John H. Glenn, astronaut and Associate Director (Technical) of the Johnson Space Center John W. Young, and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, all previously inducted into the Hall of Fame. Being inducted with Musgrave are Space Shuttle astronauts Daniel Brandenstein, Robert "Hoot" Gibson, and Sally Ride. Conceived by six of the Mercury Program astronauts, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. The four new inductees join 48 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs. |
| Release Date |
06/21/2003 |
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Gemini/Titan-II launch vehic
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| Title |
Gemini/Titan-II launch vehicle #1 liftoff at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Description |
Gemini/Titan-II launch vehicle #1 liftoff at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1964-04-08 |
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Aerial view Gemini/Titan-II
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| Title |
Aerial view Gemini/Titan-II launch vehicle #1 liftoff at Cape Kennedy |
| Description |
Aerial view of the Gemini/Titan-II launch vehicle #1 liftoff at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1964-04-08 |
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Astronauts Grissom and Young
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| Title |
Astronauts Grissom and Young in Gemini Mission Simulator |
| Description |
Astronauts Viril I. Grissom (right) and John Young (left), prime crew for the Gemini-Titan 3 mission, are shown inspecting the inside of Gemini spacecraft at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1964-11-19 |
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Liftoff of Gemini-Titan 3 mi
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| Title |
Liftoff of Gemini-Titan 3 mission |
| Description |
Launch view of the Gemini-Titan 3 mission. The GT-3 liftoff was at 9:24 a.m. March 23, 1965. |
| Date Taken |
1965-04-14 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra in
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| 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 |
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Astronauts Young and Grissom
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| Title |
Astronauts Young and Grissom during communications test of Gemini spacecraft |
| Description |
A member of the Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew, Astronaut John W. Young, co-pilot, is shown entering the Gemini spacecraft 3 for communications test at the Merrit Island Launch Area (13242-3), Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom (left) and Young are shown in the Gemini Spacecraft 3 during communications test (13244). |
| Date Taken |
1965-02-05 |
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Views of the Gemini 3 spacec
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| Title |
Views of the Gemini 3 spacecraft in Merritt Island Launch Area |
| Description |
Views of the Gemini 3 spacecraft in Merritt Island Launch Area. The first view is of the Gemini 3 spacecraft on tower at Beresight Range, showing simulator in foreground (13394), Final configuration of the Gemini 3 spacecraft during test at Beresight Range, Merritt Island Launch Area (13395). |
| Date Taken |
1965-02-05 |
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Astronauts Grissom and Young
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| Title |
Astronauts Grissom and Young discuss test plan prior to communications test |
| Description |
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom (left), the command pilot, and John W. Young, the co-pilot, are shown discussing test plan prior to entering the Gemini Spacecraft 3 for communications test at the Merritt Island Test area. |
| Date Taken |
1965-02-05 |
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Nighttime scene of Gemini sp
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| Title |
Nighttime scene of Gemini spacecraft being hoisted to top of Pad 19 |
| Description |
Nighttime scene showing the Gemini Spacecraft 4 being hoisted to the white room at the top of the gantry at Pad 19 for soft mating with the Titan launch vehicle. |
| Date Taken |
1965-04-29 |
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Astronauts Grissom and Young
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| Title |
Astronauts Grissom and Young inside their Gemini spacecraft before launch |
| Description |
Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, (foreground) and John W. Young, pilot (background), are shown inside their Gemini 3 spacecraft during insertion operations at Cape Kennedy. Insertion into the spacecraft takes place in the white room atop the Launch vehicle at Pad 19. This photograph was taken through the window of the hatch on the command pilot's side of the spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1965-05-06 |
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Astronauts Cooper and Conrad
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| Title |
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad walk up gantry ramp at Pad 19 during countdown |
| Description |
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (foreground) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk up gantry ramp after arriving at Pad 19 during Gemini 5 countdown at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-21 |
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Astronauts Cooper and Conrad
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| Title |
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad leave suiting trailer at Pad 16 during countdown |
| Description |
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (foreground) and Charles Conrad Jr. leave suiting trailer at Pad 16 during Gemini 5 countdown at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-21 |
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Astronauts Cooper and Conrad
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| Title |
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad arrive in white room at Pad 19 during countdown |
| Description |
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (foreground) and Charles Conrad Jr. arrive in the white room at Pad 19 during the Gemini 5 countdown at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-21 |
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Astronauts Cooper and Conrad
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| Title |
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad walk up gantry ramp at Pad 19 during countdown |
| Description |
Back view of Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (foreground) and Charles Conrad Jr. walking up gantry ramp after arriving at Pad 19 during Gemini 5 countdown at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-21 |
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Gemini 4 prime crew in eleva
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| Title |
Gemini 4 prime crew in elevator at Pad 19 preparing to enter Gemini capsule |
| Description |
Astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt are shown in the elevator on their way to the white room as they prepare to enter the Gemini 4 spacecraft atop the Titan launch vehicle at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-06-07 |
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Gemini 4 prime crew at Pad 1
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| Title |
Gemini 4 prime crew at Pad 19 entering the Gemini capsule |
| Description |
Astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt are shown in the white room as they enter the Gemini 4 spacecraft atop the Titan launch vehicle at Cape Kennedy, Florida. The NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-291 (29641), Close-up view of McDivitt (foreground) and White inside their Gemini spacecraft. NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-294 (29642). |
| Date Taken |
1965-06-07 |
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Astronauts McDivitt and Whit
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| Title |
Astronauts McDivitt and White look over training plans |
| Description |
Astronauts James A. McDivitt (left) and Edward H. White II are shown looking over training plans at Cape Kennedy during prelaunch preparations. The NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-275. |
| Date Taken |
1965-05-07 |
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Fisheye view of Gemini 4 pri
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| Title |
Fisheye view of Gemini 4 prime crew during simulated exercises at Pad 19 |
| Description |
Fisheye view of Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II inside the Gemini 4 spacecraft during simulated exercises at pad 19, Cape Kennedy, Florida. NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-274. |
| Date Taken |
1965-06-03 |
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Mission Control Center at Ca
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| Title |
Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy during Gemini 4 |
| Description |
Shown at their consoles during the lift off of Gemini 4 are (from left) Astronauts Clifford C. Williams Jr., Frank Borman, and Alan B. Shepard Jr. The three astronauts monitored the flight from the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida. The NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-927. |
| Date Taken |
1965-06-03 |
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Photograph of the coast line
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| 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 |
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Gemini 4 prime crew at Pad 1
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| Title |
Gemini 4 prime crew at Pad 19 entering the Gemini capsule |
| Description |
Astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt are shown in the white room as they enter the Gemini 4 spacecraft atop the Titan launch vehicle at Cape Kennedy, Florida. The NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-291 (29641), Close-up view of McDivitt (foreground) and White inside their Gemini spacecraft. NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-294 (29642). |
| Date Taken |
1965-06-07 |
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Gemini 4 prime crew in white
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| Title |
Gemini 4 prime crew in white room at Pad 19 preparing to enter Gemini capsule |
| Description |
Astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt are shown in the white room as they prepare to enter the Gemini 4 spacecraft atop the Titan launch vehicle at Cape Kennedy, Florida. The NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-296. |
| Date Taken |
1965-06-07 |
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Astronaut Charles Conrad dur
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| Title |
Astronaut Charles Conrad during suiting up exercise |
| Description |
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. receives assistance with his pressure suit during suiting up and ingress test activity at Pad 16, Cape Kennedy, Florida. He is preparing for the Gemini 5 flight. |
| Date Taken |
1965-07-12 |
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Astronauts Cooper and Conrad
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| Title |
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad during simulation exercise for Gemini 5 mission |
| Description |
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (left) and Charles Conrad Jr., prime crew for the Gemini 5 space flight, prepare to be hoisted to the white room atop gantry at Pad 19 at Cape Kennedy, Florida, during simulation exercise for the mission. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-06 |
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Astronaut Cooper adjusts hel
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| Title |
Astronaut Cooper adjusts helmet during suiting up exercise |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper makes adjustments to his helmet during suiting up exercise at Pad 16, Cape Kennedy, Florida. He is preparing for the Gemini 5 flight. |
| Date Taken |
1965-07-22 |
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View of Cape Kennedy, Florid
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| 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 |
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Astronaut Charles Conrad dur
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| Title |
Astronaut Charles Conrad during suiting up on morning of liftoff of Gemini 5 |
| Description |
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. pulls on a pair of white undergloves and has his temperature taken during suiting up operations on the morning of liftoff of Gemini 5 space flight from Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-30 |
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Astronauts Conrad and Cooper
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| Title |
Astronauts Conrad and Cooper during suiting up operations |
| Description |
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr (right) and L. Gordon Cooper during suiting up operations before Gemini 5 flight. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-19 |
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Preflight breakfast for Gemi
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| Title |
Preflight breakfast for Gemini 5 prime crew |
| Description |
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr., (in white shirt) and Charles Conrad Jr., (across table from Cooper), have breakfast with fellow astronaut Donald K. Slayton (next to Cooper) and Dr. Howard Minners (across from Slayton) before beginning final preparations for their mission in space. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-30 |
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Astronaut Thomas Stafford re
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| 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 |
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Astronauts Stafford and Schi
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| 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 |
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Backup Gemini 6 crew waits f
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| 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 |
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View of the interior of the
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| 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 |
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Astronauts Stafford and Schi
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| 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 |
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Launch of the Gemini 6 space
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| Title |
Launch of the Gemini 6 spacecraft |
| Description |
Gemini 6, carrying Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, was launched by NASA on Dec 15, 1965 from Cape Kennedy Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-12-15 |
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Astronauts Stafford and Schi
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| 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. |
| Date Taken |
1965-12-15 |
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Gemini 6 astronauts welcomed
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| Title |
Gemini 6 astronauts welcomed on arrival at Cape Kennedy |
| Description |
Gemini 6 Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., (left) and Thomas P. Stafford (center) are welcomed upon their arrival at Cape Kennedy's skid strip by Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Chief, Astronaut Office, Manned Spacecraft Center. |
| Date Taken |
1965-12-17 |
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Kennedy Space Center area as
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| Title |
Kennedy Space Center area as seen from Gemini 7 during Gemini 6 abort |
| Description |
Kennedy Space Center area on the east coast of Florida as seen from the Gemini 7 spacecraft, during Gemini 6 abort, on its 118th revolution of the earth. |
| Date Taken |
1965-12-12 |
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Gemini 6 crew greets returni
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| Title |
Gemini 6 crew greets returning Gemini 7 crew |
| Description |
Gemini 6 crew greets returning Gemini 7 crew in the crew quarters, Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, Merritt Island, Cape Kennedy Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1965-12-19 |
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Polaris, underwater launch o
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| Title |
Polaris, underwater launch off Florida as seenn from Gemini 7 |
| Description |
Polaris, underwater launch, missile and trail, off Florida, as seen from the Gemini 7 spacecraft during its 31st revolution of the earth. |
| Date Taken |
1965-12-12 |
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Astronauts Armstrong and Sco
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| Title |
Astronauts Armstrong and Scott arrive at Hickam Field, Hawaii |
| Description |
Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (center), command pilot, and David R. Scott, pilot, arrive at Hickam Field, Hawaii on their way from Naha, Okinawa, to Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. is at extreme left. |
| Date Taken |
1966-03-18 |
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong und
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| Title |
Astronaut Neil Armstrong undergoes weight and balance tests |
| Description |
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong undergoes weight and balance tests in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building, Merritt Island, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1966-02-18 |
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Gemini 8 spacecraft launched
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| Title |
Gemini 8 spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center |
| Description |
The Gemini 8 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 11:41 A.M., March 16, 1966. |
| Date Taken |
1966-03-16 |
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Gemini 8 spacecraft launched
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| Title |
Gemini 8 spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center |
| Description |
The Gemini 8 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 11:41 A.M., March 16, 1966. |
| Date Taken |
1966-03-16 |
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