NASA MANNED SPACE FLIGHT QUARTERLY REPORT 14 1966 APOLLO & GEMINI PROGRAMS FILM 67994

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Browse our products on Amazon: 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 Con