NASA GEMINI IX MISSION PRE-FLIGHT OVERVIEW ED WHITE GENE CERNAN AGENA TARGET VEHICLE 1966 12994

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