Nasa Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report 14 (1966)

Synopsis

The ‘NASA Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report 14’ focuses on the period of July, August and September 1966 (:40). This was a time when Apollo Saturn hardware was undergoing qualification tests and the Gemini space program was wrapping up. Beginning with the Gemini X mission, astronauts John Young and Michael Collins are filmed as they entered the space craft (1:14). In space they are seen rendezvousing with the Agena target vehicle (1:31), station keeping (1:49), docking with the Agena (1:51), and igniting the target vehicle’s propulsion system (2:13). The burn was photographed from the inside by the crew (2:17). Footage of the retrofire and re-entry into Earth follows (3:43) along with other shots taken of the ionized wake which surrounds the space craft as they re-entered the atmosphere (3:43). Gemini XI was the next mission with pilots Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon (4:06). In space, Gemini XI meets with its target vehicle (4:21) and Gordon conducts the first extra vehicular activity of connecting a tether (4:50) to be used in exercise the following day. The pilot’s hatch is seen open (5:22) and this was done twice on the mission, once to photograph earth features and star fields of scientific interests. Other footage of the mission includes Conrad igniting the Agena propulsion system (5:32) causing them to reach new altitude and velocity records (6:01), a slow spin conducted while station keeping with tether attached (6:27) and the second rendezvous (6:52) as well as…

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Running time

19 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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• NASA
• Manned Space
• Flight Quarterly
• ERport 14
• Stock Footage