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MA-1 Capsule Reassembled Aft …
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
Agena Firing
Title Agena Firing
Full Description The Gemini 10 spacecraft is successfully docked with the Agena Target Vehicle. The Agena display panel is clearly visible as is glow from Agena's primary propulsion system.
Date 07/18/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Aldrin Performs EVA
Title Aldrin Performs EVA
Full Description Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini 12 spacecraft performs extravehicular activity (EVA) during the second day of the four day mission in space. Aldrin is positioned next to the Agena work station.
Date 11/12/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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
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
Mission Control Celebrates C …
Title Mission Control Celebrates Conclusion of Gemini IX-A Flight
Full Description Discussing the successful conclusion of the Gemini IX-A spaceflight, in the Mission Control Center, are (left to right): Lt. Gen. Leighton I. Davis, National Range Division Commander and DOD Manager of Manned Space Flight Support Operations, George M. Low, Manned Spaceflight Center Deputy Director, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Manned Spaceflight Center Director, and Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Director of Flight Operations.
Date 06/06/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Navy Diver Leaps From Helico …
Title Navy Diver Leaps From Helicopter
Full Description Navy divers exit their helicopter to recover the Gemini 5 spacecraft and astronauts shortly after splashdown.
Date 08/21/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Armstrong and Scott with Hat …
Title Armstrong and Scott with Hatches Open
Full Description Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the USS Leonard F. Mason after the successful completion of their Gemini VIII mission. They are assisted by U.S. Navy divers. The overhead view shows the Gemini 8 spacecraft with the yellow flotation collar attached to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid.
Date 03/16/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Augmented Target Docking Ada …
Title Augmented Target Docking Adapter
Full Description The Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft. The docking adapter protective cover failed to fully separate on the ATDA and prevented the docking of the two spacecraft. The ATDA was described by the Gemini 9 crew as an "angry alligator.
Date 06/03/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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
Cernan Photographed Inside G …
Title Cernan Photographed Inside Gemini 9A
Full Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, pilot of the Gemini 9A mission is photographed inside the spacecraft by the command pilot, astronaut Thomas P. Stafford during flight.
Date 06/03/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
President Johnson Congratula …
Title President Johnson Congratulates Astronauts
Full Description President Lyndon Johnson shows off photos of astronaut Edward H. White II during his historic "space walk" extravehicular activity (EVA) on the Gemini 4 flight. Major participants from left to right are: Robert Gilruth (background) Ed White, President Lyndon Johnson, Robert Seamans, Jim McDivitt and James Webb.
Date 06/14/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Profile of Agena Docking Tar …
Title Profile of Agena Docking Target
Full Description A profile view of the Agena Docking Target Vehicle as seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space.
Date 03/16/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Conrad and Cooper Practice S …
Title Conrad and Cooper Practice Survival Training
Full Description Prime crew for the Gemini 5 space flight, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., (in water) and L. Gordon Cooper Jr., (in raft) practice survival techniques following successful egress from their Gemini Static Article V spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico. Cooper is command pilot and Conrad is pilot for the Gemini 5 mission.
Date 07/21/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Conrad in Recovery Helicopte …
Title Conrad in Recovery Helicopter
Full Description Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. looks out of the helicopter window after recovery from his spacecraft after the Gemini 5 splashdown.
Date 08/21/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Cooper and Conrad Await Reco …
Title Cooper and Conrad Await Recovery Helicopter
Full Description Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. exit their spacecraft after splashdown of the Gemini 5 spacecraft. They are photographed boarding a life raft with the help of Navy divers. Overhead view of the Gemini 5 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid. One of the crewmembers is standing on the floation collar while the other is in the life raft. A Navy diver is standing by to assist the crew when they are hoisted up by the recovery helicopter.
Date 08/21/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Cooper and Conrad on Deck
Title Cooper and Conrad on Deck
Full Description Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk across the deck of the recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain following splashdown and recovery from the ocean.
Date 08/29/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Sam the Monkey After His Rid …
Title Sam the Monkey After His Ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft
Full Description Sam, the Rhesus monkey, after his ride in the Little Joe-2 (LJ-2) spacecraft. A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam after he experienced three minutes of weightlessness during the flight. Animals were often used during test flights for Project Mercury to help determine the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on humans. LJ-2 was one in a series of flights that led up to the human orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe could be produced at one-fifth the cost of Redstone rockets and still have enough power to carry a capsule payload. Seven unmanned Little Joe rockets were launched from Wallops Island, Virginia from August 1959 to April 1961.
Date 12/04/1959
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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
Schirra, Stafford and Gemini …
Title Schirra, Stafford and Gemini on Deck
Full Description Astronaut Walter H. Schirra Jr. (on right), Command pilot, climbs from his Gemini VI spacecraft as he and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (not in view) arrive aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. They are assisted by various McDonell Douglas technicians. The Gemini VI spacecraft splashed down in the western Atlantic recover area at 10:29 a.m. (EST) December 16, 1965, after a successful 25 hr. 52 minute mission in space.
Date 12/16/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Ed White First American Spac …
Title Ed White First American Spacewalker
Full Description On June 3, 1965 Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, effectively setting himself adrift in the zero gravity of space. For 23 minutes White floated and maneuvered himself around the Gemini spacecraft while logging 6500 miles during his orbital stroll. White was attached to the spacecraft by a 25 foot 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) which is used to move about the weightless environment of space. The visor of his helmet is gold plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun.
Date 06/09/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Ed White First American Spac …
Title Ed White First American Spacewalker
Full Description On June 3, 1965 Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, effectively setting himself adrift in the zero gravity of space. For 23 minutes White floated and maneuvered himself around the Gemini spacecraft while logging 6500 miles during his orbital stroll. White was attached to the spacecraft by a 25 foot 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) which is used to move about the weightless environment of space. The visor of his helmet is gold plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun.
Date 06/09/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Ed White in space
Title Ed White in space
Full Description Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini-Titan 4 flight, floats in space while performing America?s first spacewalk on June 3, 1965. White spent 23 minutes maneuvering around his spacecraft as Jim McDivitt remained inside the 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), which he used to help move him around the weightless environment of space. 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
Ed White performs first U.S. …
Title Ed White performs first U.S. spacewalk
Full Description Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 space flight, floats in space during America?s first spacewalk. The extravehicular activity (EVA) was performed during the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965. White spent 23 minutes maneuvering around his spacecraft as Jim McDivitt remained inside the 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), which he used to help move him around the weightless environment of space. 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
Failed Attempt to Recover Li …
Title Failed Attempt to Recover Liberty Bell 7
Full Description After the hatch "Liberty Bell 7" opened prematurely, gallons of seawater entered the spacecraft. A helicopter recovery team attempted to empty the water, as seen in this photo. Seconds after this picture was taken, the Marine helicopter dropped the spacecraft because it was too heavy to continue lifting, and the capsule sank to the ocean floor. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom was still in the water at the time, and his head is seen bobbing next to the capsule. Grissom almost drowned, but was rescued by a second helicopter before his suit filled up with too much water. The Liberty Bell 7 was eventually recovered from 15,000 feet below the surface of the Atlantic on July 20, 1999.
Date 07/22/1961
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 10 launch time exposu …
Title Gemini 10 launch time exposure
Full Description A time-exposure photograph shows the configuration of Pad 19 up until the launch of Gemini 10. Onboard the spacecraft are John W. Young and Michael Collins. The two astronauts would spend almost three days practicing docking with the Agena target vehicle and conducting a number of experiments.
Date 07/18/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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
Gemini 3 capsule is mated wi …
Title Gemini 3 capsule is mated with Titan.
Full Description The Gemini 3 spacecraft is mated with the Titan II launch vehicle in the white room of Pad 19 at the Kennedy Space Center. Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom and John Young rode the capsule into space on March 23, 1965 for a mission lasting almost five hours. The pair of astronauts tested out the spacecraft on the first manned Gemini flight.
Date 02/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 3 final inspection
Title Gemini 3 final inspection
Full Description Technicians from the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which was responsible for producing the Gemini capsule, make final inspections to the Gemini 3 spacecraft. The photo is taken at the white room, a sterile environment where the spacecraft is prepared for launch, atop the Titan launch vehicle at Pad 19 at the Kennedy Space Center. Gus Grissom and John Young would ride the spacecraft into orbit for the first Gemini mission on a five- hour trip into space on March 23, 1965.
Date 03/23/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 4 Recovery with Green …
Title Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye
Full Description Overhead view of the Gemini 4 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid. A crewmember is being hoisted aboard a U.S. Navy helicopter during recovery operations following the successful four-day, 62 revolution mission highlighted by Ed White's space walk.
Date 06/07/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 5 Capsule Hoisted Onb …
Title Gemini 5 Capsule Hoisted Onboard Recovery Ship
Full Description The Gemini 5 spacecraft is brought aboard the recovery ship, U.S.S. Lake Champlain after a successful landing at the end of its mission.
Date 08/29/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 5 on the pad
Title Gemini 5 on the pad
Full Description The erector at Pad 19 is lowered in preparation for the launch of the Gemini 5 spacecraft.
Date 08/21/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 5 on the pad
Title Gemini 5 on the pad
Full Description The erector at Pad 19 is lowered in preparation for the launch of the Gemini 5 spacecraft.
Date 08/21/1965
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 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 9 Crew Waves to the W …
Title Gemini 9 Crew Waves to the Wasp
Full Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan sit with their Gemini spacecraft with hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship U.S.S. Wasp.
Date 06/06/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini Crew Welcomed by Wasp …
Title Gemini Crew Welcomed by Wasp Crew
Full Description Astronauts Eugene Cernan (left), and Thomas Stafford receive a warm welcome as they arrive aboard the prime recovery ship, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp.
Date 06/06/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini Mission Control
Title Gemini Mission Control
Full Description Overall view of the Mission Control Center (MCC), Houston, Texas, during the Gemini 5 flight. Note the screen at the front of the MCC which is used to track the progress of the Gemini spacecraft.
Date 08/21/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini water egress training
Title Gemini water egress training
Full Description Astronauts John Young and Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom are pictured during water egress training in a large indoor pool at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas. Young is seated on top of the Gemini capsule while Grissom is in the water with a life raft.
Date 02/05/1965
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
Gemini Wives on Console
Title Gemini Wives on Console
Full Description The wives of Gemini 4 astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II visited the Mission Control in Houston. Left to right are: Mrs. Patricia McDivitt,and Mrs. Patricia White. The wives were taking the opportunity to speak to their astronaut husbands as they passed over the United States.
Date 06/03/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Grissom Climbs into Liberty …
Title Grissom Climbs into Liberty Bell 7
Full Description Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom climbs into "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft the morning of July 21, 1961. Backup Astronaut John Glenn assists in the operation. The Mercury-Redstone 4(MR-4) successfully launched the Liberty Bell 7 at 7:20 am EST on July 21, 1961. MR-4 was the second in a series of successful U.S. manned suborbital flights.
Date 07/21/1961
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The "Angry Alligator
Title The "Angry Alligator
Full Description The Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft during one of their three rendezvous in space. The ATDA and Gemini 9 spacecraft are 66.5 ft. apart. Failure of the docking adapter protective cover to fully separate on the ATDA prevented the docking of the two spacecraft. The ATDA was described by the Gemini 9 crew as an "angry alligator.
Date 06/03/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Actual Gemini 9 Prime Cr …
Title The Actual Gemini 9 Prime Crew
Full Description The Gemini 9 backup crew members are, Commander, Thomas P. Stafford and pilot Eugene A. Cernan. The back-up crew became the prime crew when on February 28, 1966 the prime crew for the Gemini 9 mission were killed when their twin seat T- 38 trainer jet aircraft crashed into a building during a landing approach in bad weather.
Date 01/05/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The First Docking in Space
Title The First Docking in Space
Full Description The Agena Target Vehicle as seen from the Gemini 8 spacecraft during rendezvous. This was the first time two spacecraft successfully docked, which was a critical milestone if a mission to the Moon was to become a reality.
Date 03/16/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Original Gemini 9 Prime …
Title The Original Gemini 9 Prime Crew
Full Description The original Gemini 9 prime crew, astronauts Elliot M. See Jr. (left), command pilot, and Charles A. Bassett II, pilot, in space suits with their helmets on the table in front of them. On February 28, 1966 the prime crew for the Gemini 9 mission were killed when their twin seat T-38 trainer jet aircraft crashed into a building in which the Gemini spacecraft were being manufactured. They were on final approach to Lambert-Saint Louis Municipal Airport when bad weather conditions hampered pilot See's ability to make a good visual contact with the runway. Noticing the building at the last second as he came out of the low cloud cover, See went to full afterburner and attempted to nose-up the aircraft in an attempt to miss the building. He clipped it and his plane crashed.
Date 01/05/1966
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
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