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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 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
Official Portrait of Astrona …
Name of Image Official Portrait of Astronaut Frank Borman
Date of Image 1964-09-09
Full Description This is the official portrait of astronaut Frank Borman. A career Air Force officer from 1950, his assignments included service as a fighter pilot, an operational pilot and instructor, an experimental test pilot and an assistant professor of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at West Point. When selected by NASA, Frank Borman was an instructor at the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California. In 1967 he served as a member of the Apollo 204 Fire Investigation Board, investigating the causes of the fire which killed three astronauts aboard an Apollo spacecraft. Later he became the Apollo Program Resident Manager, heading the team that reengineered the Apollo spacecraft. He also served as Field Director of the NASA Space Station Task Force. Frank Borman retired from the air Force in 1970, but is well remembered as a part of American history as a pioneer in the exploration of space. He is a veteran of both the Gemini 7, 1965 Space Orbital Rendezvous with Gemini 6 and the first manned lunar orbital mission, Apollo 8, in 1968.
Astronaut James Lovell Offic …
Name of Image Astronaut James Lovell Official Portrait
Date of Image 1966-09-09
Full Description This is the official NASA portrait of astronaut James Lovell. Captain Lovell was selected as an Astronaut by NASA in September 1962. He has since served as backup pilot for the Gemini 4 flight and backup Commander for the Gemini 9 flight, as well as backup Commander to Neil Armstrong for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. On December 4, 1965, he and Frank Borman were launched into space on the history making Gemini 7 mission. The flight lasted 330 hours and 35 minutes and included the first rendezvous of two manned maneuverable spacecraft. The Gemini 12 mission, commanded by Lovell with Pilot Edwin Aldrin, began on November 11, 1966 for a 4-day, 59-revolution flight that brought the Gemini program to a successful close. Lovell served as Command Module Pilot and Navigator on the epic six-day journey of Apollo 8, the first manned Saturn V liftoff responsible for allowing the first humans to leave the gravitational influence of Earth. He completed his fourth mission as Spacecraft Commander of the Apollo 13 flight, April 11-17, 1970, and became the first man to journey twice to the moon. The Apollo 13 mission was cut short due to a failure of the Service Module cryogenic oxygen system. Aborting the lunar course, Lovell and fellow crewmen, John L. Swigert and Fred W. Haise, working closely with Houston ground controllers, converted their lunar module, Aquarius, into an effective lifeboat that got them safely back to Earth. Captain Lovell held the record for time in space with a total of 715 hours and 5 minutes until surpassed by the Skylab flights. On March 1, 1973, Captain Lovell retired from the Navy and the Space Program.
Astronaut Frank Borman durin …
Title Astronaut Frank Borman during weight and balance test
Description Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the Gemini 7 prime crew, undergoes weight and balance tests in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building, Merritt Island, Kennedy Space Center.
Date 10.25.1965
Astronaut Frank Borman looks …
Title Astronaut Frank Borman looks over the Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the Gemini 7 prime crew, looks over the Gemini 7 spacecraft during weight and balance tests. The tests are conducted in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building, Merritt Island, Kennedy Space Center as part of preflight preparation.
Date 10.25.1965
Astronauts Frank Borman duri …
Title Astronauts Frank Borman during water egress training
Description Astronaut Frank Borman, Gemini 7 prime crew command pilot, is hoisted out of the water by a U.S. Coast Guard recovery team during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date 10.15.1965
Astronauts Lovell and Borman …
Title Astronauts Lovell and Borman during water egress training
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., prime crew pilot for the Gemini 7 space flight, sits on top of the Gemini spacecraft Static Test Article during water egress training. Astronaut Frank Borman (wearing blue helmet), prime crew command pilot, hangs onto the nose of the spacecraft.
Date 10.15.1965
Portrait of Gemini 7 prime a …
Title Portrait of Gemini 7 prime and backup crew
Description Portrait of the Gemini 7 prime and backup crewmembers around a model of the Gemini 7 spacecraft. Kneeling are Astronauts Michael Collins (left), backup pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., prime pilot. Standing are Edward H. White Jr. (left), backup command pilot, and Frank Borman, prime command pilot.
Date 07.01.1965
Portrait of Gemini 7 prime c …
Title Portrait of Gemini 7 prime crew Borman and Lovell
Description Portrait of Astronauts Frank Borman, right, command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, the Gemini 7 prime crew. Both men are in flight suits with helmets and oxygen masks. There is a model of the Gemini spacecraft on the table in front of them.
Date 07.01.1965
Gemini
Title Gemini
Description Astronaut Frank Borman at the controls of the Visual Docking Simulator. From A.W.Vogeley, "Piloted Space-Flight Simulation at Langley Research Center," Paper presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1966 Winter Meeting, New York, NY, November 27-December 1, 1966. "This facility was [later known as the Visual-Optical Simulator.] It presents to the pilot an out-the-window view of his target in correct 6 degrees of freedom motion. The scene is obtained by a television camera pick-up viewing a small-scale gimbaled model of the target.""For docking studies, the docking target picture was projected onto the surface of a 20-foot-diameter sphere and the pilot could, effectively, maneuver into contract. this facility was used in a comparison study with the Rendezvous Docking Simulator - one of the few comparison experiments in which conditions were carefully controlled and a reasonable sample of pilots used. All pilots preferred the more realistic RDS visual scene. The pilots generally liked the RDS angular motion cues although some objected to the false gravity cues that these motions introduced. Training time was shorter on the RDS, but final performance on both simulators was essentially equal. ""For station-keeping studies, since close approach is not required, the target was presented to the pilot through a virtual-image system which projects his view to infinity, providing a more realistic effect. In addition to the target, the system also projects a star and horizon background.
Date 11.01.1963
Gemini 4 prime crew and back …
Title Gemini 4 prime crew and backup crew in pressure suits
Description View of the Gemini 4 prime crew and backup crew in pressure suits. They are standing around a model of the Gemini spacecraft. From left to right are: Edward H. White II, Gemini 4 pilot, James A. McDivitt, Gemini 4 command pilot: Frank Borman and James A. Lovell, Jr., Gemini 4 backup crew.
Date 09.10.1964
Portrait of Gemini 7 Prime C …
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Portrait of seven original M …
Title Portrait of seven original Mercury astronauts plus new members
Description Portrait of the seven original Mercury astronauts plus new members of the astronaut corps. Seated from left to right are: Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Standing from left to right are: Edward White, James McDivitt, John Young, Elliot See, Charles Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Stafford, and James Lovell.
Date Taken 1963-02-19
Gemini 4 prime crew and back …
Title Gemini 4 prime crew and backup crew in pressure suits
Description View of the Gemini 4 prime crew and backup crew in pressure suits. They are standing around a model of the Gemini spacecraft. From left to right are: Edward H. White II, Gemini 4 pilot, James A. McDivitt, Gemini 4 command pilot: Frank Borman and James A. Lovell, Jr., Gemini 4 backup crew.
Date Taken 1964-09-10
Portrait of Astronaut Frank …
Title Portrait of Astronaut Frank Borman
Description Portrait of Astronaut Frank Borman.
Date Taken 1964-01-01
Mission Control Center at Ca …
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
Portrait of Gemini 7 prime a …
Title Portrait of Gemini 7 prime and backup crew
Description Portrait of the Gemini 7 prime and backup crewmembers around a model of the Gemini 7 spacecraft. Kneeling are Astronauts Michael Collins (left), backup pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., prime pilot. Standing are Edward H. White Jr. (left), backup command pilot, and Frank Borman, prime command pilot.
Date Taken 1965-07-01
Portrait of Gemini 7 prime c …
Title Portrait of Gemini 7 prime crew Borman and Lovell
Description Portrait of Astronauts Frank Borman, right, command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, the Gemini 7 prime crew. Both men are in flight suits with helmets and oxygen masks. There is a model of the Gemini spacecraft on the table in front of them.
Date Taken 1965-07-01
Astronaut Frank Borman looks …
Title Astronaut Frank Borman looks over the Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the Gemini 7 prime crew, looks over the Gemini 7 spacecraft during weight and balance tests. The tests are conducted in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building, Merritt Island, Kennedy Space Center as part of preflight preparation.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Astronaut Frank Borman durin …
Title Astronaut Frank Borman during weight and balance test
Description Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the Gemini 7 prime crew, undergoes weight and balance tests in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building, Merritt Island, Kennedy Space Center.
Date Taken 1965-10-25
Astronauts Lovell and Borman …
Title Astronauts Lovell and Borman during water egress training
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., prime crew pilot for the Gemini 7 space flight, sits on top of the Gemini spacecraft Static Test Article during water egress training. Astronaut Frank Borman (wearing blue helmet), prime crew command pilot, hangs onto the nose of the spacecraft.
Date Taken 1965-10-15
Astronauts Frank Borman duri …
Title Astronauts Frank Borman during water egress training
Description Astronaut Frank Borman, Gemini 7 prime crew command pilot, is hoisted out of the water by a U.S. Coast Guard recovery team during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date Taken 1965-10-15
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
Astronauts Lovell and Borman …
Title Astronauts Lovell and Borman review mission requirements for Gemini 7
Description Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. and Frank Borman review mission requirements for the Gemini 7 space flight. Also seen in photo is Astronaut Michael Collins.
Date Taken 1965-12-02
Astronauts Borman and Lovell …
Title Astronauts Borman and Lovell are seen in Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Astronauts Frank Borman (foreground), command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, are seen in the Gemini 7 spacecraft in the White Room atop Pad 19 awaiting the final minutes of the prelaunch countdown.
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Gemini 7 prime crew leaves s …
Title Gemini 7 prime crew leaves suiting trailer during prelaunch countdown
Description Prime crew for the Gemini 7 space flight Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., (front), pilot, and Frank Borman, command pilot, leave the suiting trailer at Launch Complex 16 during pre-launch countdown.
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Gemini 7 prime crew and back …
Title Gemini 7 prime crew and backup crew during press conference
Description The two crews of the Gemini 7 space flight, scheduled for early December 1965, met with members of the various news media at the Manned Spaceflight Center (MSC) News center. Left to right, are Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., prime crew pilot, Frank Borman, prime crew command pilot, Michael Collins, backup crew pilot, and Edward H. White II, backup crew command pilot.
Date Taken 1965-12-01
Fellow astronauts join Gemin …
Title Fellow astronauts join Gemini 7 crew for preflight breakfast
Description Fellow astronauts join the Gemini 7 prime crew for breakfeast in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, Merritt Island, on the day of the Gemini 7 launch. Clockwise around table, starting lower left, are Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., Gemini 7 prime crew pilot, Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donald K. Slayton, MSC Assistant Director for Flight Crew Operations, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Gemini 8 backup crew pilot, Virgil I. Grissom, Charles Conrad Jr., and Frank Borman, Gemini 7 prime crew command pilot.
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Astronauts James Lovell and …
Title Astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman during preflight physical
Description Dr. Charles A. Berry, Chief of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Medical Programs, and Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., Gemini 7 prime crew pilot, and Frank Borman, Gemini 7 command pilot, examine a series of chest x-rays taken during the preflight physical.
Date Taken 1965-12-02
Launch of the Gemini 7 space …
Title Launch of the Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Gemini 7, carrying Astronauts Frank Borman, command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, was successfully launched from Pad 19 at 2:30 p.m., December 4, 1965.
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Astronauts James Lovell and …
Title Astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman during preflight physical
Description Dr. Charles A. Berry, Chief of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Medical Programs, checks Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Gemini 7 prime crew pilot, follwoing workout on exercise machine. Results will be compared with those obtained during space flight for evaluation (60602), Astronaut Frank Borman, Gemini 7 command pilot, sits as two scalp electrodes are attached to his head. The electrodes will allow doctors to record electrical activity of the astronaut's cerebral cortex during periods of weightlessness (60603).
Date Taken 1965-12-02
Astronauts James Lovell and …
Title Astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman during preflight physical
Description Dr. Charles A. Berry, Chief of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Medical Programs, checks Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Gemini 7 prime crew pilot, follwoing workout on exercise machine. Results will be compared with those obtained during space flight for evaluation (60602), Astronaut Frank Borman, Gemini 7 command pilot, sits as two scalp electrodes are attached to his head. The electrodes will allow doctors to record electrical activity of the astronaut's cerebral cortex during periods of weightlessness (60603).
Date Taken 1965-12-02
Astronaut Frank Borman in su …
Title Astronaut Frank Borman in suiting trailer during prelaunch countdown
Description Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the Gemini 7 space flight, talks with Astronaut Alan Shepard, Chief, MSC Astronaut Office, in the suiting up trailer at Launch Complex 16, during the Gemini 7 prelaunch countdown.
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Launch of the Gemini 7 space …
Title Launch of the Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Gemini 7, carrying Astronauts Frank Borman, command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, was successfully launched from Pad 19 at 2:30 p.m., December 4, 1965.
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Gemini 7 prime crew during s …
Title Gemini 7 prime crew during suiting up procedures at Launch Complex 16
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. (left), Gemini 7 prime crew pilot, talks with NASA space suit technician Clyde Teague during suiting up procedures at Launch Complex 16, Kennedy Space Center. Lovell wears the new lightweight space suit planned for use during the Gemini 7 mission (61756), Astronaut Frank Borman, comand pilot of the Gemini 7 space flight, undergoes suiting up operations in Launch Complex 16 during prelaunch countdown. Medical biosensors are attached to his scalp (61757).
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Gemini 7 prime crew during s …
Title Gemini 7 prime crew during suiting up procedures at Launch Complex 16
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. (left), Gemini 7 prime crew pilot, talks with NASA space suit technician Clyde Teague during suiting up procedures at Launch Complex 16, Kennedy Space Center. Lovell wears the new lightweight space suit planned for use during the Gemini 7 mission (61756), Astronaut Frank Borman, comand pilot of the Gemini 7 space flight, undergoes suiting up operations in Launch Complex 16 during prelaunch countdown. Medical biosensors are attached to his scalp (61757).
Date Taken 1965-12-04
Astronaut James Lovell hoist …
Title Astronaut James Lovell hoisted from water by recovery helicopter
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot of the Gemini 7 space flight, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Wasp. Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot, waits in the raft to be hoisted aboard the helicopter.
Date Taken 1965-12-18
Crewmen of the Gemini 7 spac …
Title Crewmen of the Gemini 7 spacecraft arrive aboard aircraft carrier
Description Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., (left), pilot, and Frank Borman, command pilot, are shown just after they arrived aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. Greeting the astronauts are Donald Stullken (at Lovell's right), Recovery Operations Branch, Landing and Recovery Division, Dr. Howard Minners (standing beside Borman), Flight Medicine Branch, Cneter Medical Office, Manned Spacecraft Center, and Bennett James (standing behind Borman), a NASA Public Affairs Officer.
Date Taken 1965-12-18
Crewmen of the Gemini 7 miss …
Title Crewmen of the Gemini 7 mission during welcoming ceremonies
Description Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., (left), pilot, and Frank Borman (right), command pilot, slice into a huge cake which was part of their warm welcome after arriving aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. Sailors gather around to watch the cake cutting.
Date Taken 1965-12-18
Technicians assist Gemini 7 …
Title Technicians assist Gemini 7 prime crew in systems checks
Description Technicians assist prime crew for the Gemini 7 space flight in systems checks inside their spacecraft in the White Room atop Pad 19. Prime crew members are Astronauts Frank Borman (left, inside spacecraft), command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr. (right, inside spacecraft), pilot. They wear the new lightweight spacesuit planned for use during their 14 day mission.
Date Taken 1965-11-15
Crewmen of the Gemini 7 miss …
Title Crewmen of the Gemini 7 mission during welcoming ceremonies
Description Astronauts Frank Borman (left), command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, take time out during their welcoming ceremonies aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp to autograph a life preserver.
Date Taken 1965-12-18
Astronaut Frank Borman perfo …
Title Astronaut Frank Borman performing visual acuity tests in space
Description Astronaut Frank Borman is seen performing visual acuity tests in space. Views include Borman looking at the camera as light shines through the capsule window (63712), Borman is using the visual acuity device and a portable mouth thermometer during his experiment (63713).
Date Taken 1965-12-19
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
Astronauts Borman and Lovell …
Title Astronauts Borman and Lovell sit in life raft while awaiting pickup
Description Astronauts Frank Borman, command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, sit in life raft while awaiting pickup by a helicopter from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. The three man Navy frogman team attached the flotation collar to increase the spacecraft's buoyancy prior to recovery.
Date Taken 1965-12-18
Andes Mountains as seen from …
Title Andes Mountains as seen from Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Waves of clouds along the east flanks of the Andes Mountains cast off an orange glow by the low angleof 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 Taken 1965-12-05
Algeria as seen from Gemini …
Title Algeria as seen from Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Algeria, south of Celemb Bechar, is photographed by Astronaut Frank Borman and James A. Lovell during the 42nd revolution of the Gemini 7 mission. Note rain runoff on desert floor.
Date Taken 1965-12-13
Astronaut Frank Borman perfo …
Title Astronaut Frank Borman performing visual acuity tests in space
Description Astronaut Frank Borman is seen performing visual acuity tests in space. Views include Borman looking at the camera as light shines through the capsule window (63712), Borman is using the visual acuity device and a portable mouth thermometer during his experiment (63713).
Date Taken 1965-12-19
Mexico as seen from Gemini 7 …
Title Mexico as seen from Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description States of Puebla, Vera Crua, Tlaxcala, and Oaxaca in Mexico is photographed by Astronaut Frank Borman and James A. Lovell during the 107th revolution of the Gemini 7 mission.
Date Taken 1965-12-05
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