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Nasa Gemini Xi Mission Overview Atlas-Agena Target Vehicle Rendezvous 68754 (1966)

1966 · Short film · 16 min

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This short NASA film gives viewers a look at the 1966 space mission of Gemini XI, which featured astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. and Richard F. Gordon Jr. The film begins with an Atlas-Agena target vehicle being moved into place at a launch pad. Footage shows the Atlas rockets firing and the Agena taking off. Nearby, the Gemini XI spacecraft sits on Pad 19 waiting to launch. Viewers see Conrad and Gordon waiting for liftoff. Men work in the control room of the mission (01:30). Gemini XI lifts off for an “M=1 Rendezvous.” Gemini XI flies through the sky. There is a still shot of Gemini XI in orbit (02:43), followed by a photograph of Command Pilot Conrad. A man in NASA’s control room gives the OK for docking with the Agena (03:37). An on-board camera records the docking of Gemini XI with Agena. Pilot Gordon straddles the spacecraft nose during orbit (05:02). He maneuvers on the spacecraft, talking with command center. He removes a tether from the Agena during an extra-vehicular activity (EVA). There is a shot of the horizon with cars and a sunset somewhere on Earth (07:44), then the film cuts to footage of what appears to be the Sun coming into view of Gemini XI. The crew of Gemini XI sets an altitude record, and photos show the view of Earth from that altitude (09:07). A monitor shows the spacecraft in orbit. This is followed by more shots of Gemini XI in space, with photos of Earth shot from an open hatch during another EVA. Gemini XI undocks from Agena (10:58).…

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Running time
16 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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