Nasa Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report No.15 Oct, Nov, Dec (1966)
1966 · Short film · 19 min
Synopsis
This informational film titled “Manned Space Flight: Quarterly Report No. 15 October, November, December 1966” was made by NASA in 1966. The film is part of a larger Manned Space Flight series and chronicles the completion of manned Gemini space flights with the Gemini 12 mission and how NASA built upon knowledge from these missions for the Apollo-Saturn missions. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Logo (0:09). Completion of the Gemini Program (0:30). Astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin arrive for launch of the Gemini 12 (0:37). Preparations for the first Apollo Earth orbital mission and testing of Apollo Saturn 5 hardware (0:47). Command room for the Gemini program (0:59). Astronauts enter the cabin of the spacecraft (1:05). Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) training and preparations of the Gemini 12 pilots including underwater simulations for (1:26). Gemini 12 launched at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 (2:04). The Agena Target Vehicle or Gemini Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) in Earth’s orbit (2:15). First photography of a solar eclipse from space (2:34). Astronaut Aldrin carries out EVA (2:44). Other mission objectives and onboard experiments (3:45). Agena tether and its effects on gravity’s pull (4:03). Retro fire of Gemini 12 and spacecraft’s ascent through the Earth’s atmosphere (4:42). Splashdown of Gemini 12 in the Atlantic Ocean (5:11). Apollo Saturn I program (5:29). Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 34 (5:44). Tests on finished Apollo Saturn I…
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- Running time
- 19 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- NASA
- Manned Space Flight
- Quaterly Report
- 1966
- Gemini
- Apollo Saturn V
- Stock Footage
- Periscope FIlm