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15 gru 2015 · Gemini VI-A and VII were a space race triumph for the U.S., and fulfilled much of two major program objectives needed for success with Apollo: rendezvous and long duration. After these missions, the Moon seemed closer.
Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) [ 2 ] was a 1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini 7.
Gemini 7 photographed from Gemini 6 in 1965. Rendezvous was first successfully accomplished by US astronaut Wally Schirra on December 15, 1965. Schirra maneuvered the Gemini 6 spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of its sister craft Gemini 7. The spacecraft were not equipped to dock with each other, but maintained station-keeping for more than 20 ...
5 paź 2023 · Gemini VI-A was the fifth crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series, having been launched after Gemini VII, with the intent of making rendezvous with Gemini VII in Earth orbit. The astronauts on the 26 hour mission were Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford.
8 gru 2020 · Over the next six hours, Schirra and Stafford aboard Gemini VI conducted a series of orbital maneuvers to catch up with Borman and Lovell awaiting them aboard Gemini VII. At a distance of 270 miles, Gemini VI’s rendezvous radar established a solid lock on Gemini VII.
5 lut 2016 · On Dec. 15, 1965, Gemini 6A came within one foot of Gemini 7 and remained there for five hours and 19 minutes. It was the first rendezvous between two orbiting spacecraft. Originally, Gemini 6 was supposed to dock with the Agena Target Vehicle, but when the Agena exploded during launch, Gemini 6 was nearly cancelled.
23 maj 2016 · A half-century ago, two crewed Gemini spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, conquered the technological milestone of meeting up with one another while orbiting 160 nautical miles above the planet.
