Nasa Gemini Ix Mission Pre-Flight Overview Ed White Gene Cernan Agena Target Vehicle (1966)
1966 · Short film · 12 min
Synopsis
This 1960’s color film depicts NASA press conferences and training activity in preparation for the Gemini 9A crewed spaceflight of 1966. It depicts testing of the Agena Target Vehicle and the United States Air Force’s Astronaut Maneuvering Unit, both of which were unable to be successfully utilized during the mission that followed (TRT 12:07). Astronaut Ed White conducts a spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965 (0:08). Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 meet in orbit (0:27). Gemini 8 hovers above earth (0:38). Extra-vehicular activity, rendez-vous, and docking in review (0:49). A rocket poised for takeoff at Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral) Launch Complex 19 in Florida as part of Gemini 9 (0:57). NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Flight controllers sit behind display CRT screens and consoles in the control room (1:01). Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan in space helmets (1:08). NASA’s Gemini Program Manager Charles Matthews speaks from behind a microphone at a press conference. A model Gemini capsule is on display. The back wall reads: “NASA Manned Spacecraft Center” (1:14). Charles Matthews addresses the camera directly in closeup when speaking about failures on Gemini 8, optimism for the next mission (3:01). Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz speaks into a radio console, then into a telephone. He hangs up and faces the camera (3:39). Gene in closeup, wearing a microphone headset (4:20). Gene in profile, with a map in the background (4:43). Flight…
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- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- NASA
- Gemini IX
- Mission Pre Flight
- Overview
- ED White
- Target Vehicle
- Stock Footage