My, my, and another 40 years gone by with Gemini-XI launched in 1966.

Wonder what will be remembered 40 years from now?
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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#0609
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# Sep 12 - Asteroid 844 Leontina Occults HIP 87555 (6.8 Magnitude Star) # Sep 12 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 11 Launch (Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon) http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-xi/gemini-xi.html
# Sep 12-14 - 5th Space Internetworking Workshop, Hanover, Maryland # Sep 12-15 - 7th SEA Scientific Meeting: Los Nuevos Retos de la Astrofisica Espanola, Barcelona, Spain Snip
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The above link copied below and more at Wikiipedia.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gemini
Project Gemini - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of the United States of America. It operated between Projects Mercury and Apollo, during the years 1963-1966. Its objective was to develop techniques for advanced space travel, notably those necessary for Project Apollo, whose objective was to land men on the Moon. Gemini missions involved extravehicular activity and orbital maneuvers including rendezvous and docking.

Gemini was originally seen as a simple extrapolation of the Mercury program, and thus early on was called Mercury Mark II. The actual program had little in common with Mercury and was in fact superior to even Apollo in some ways.
(See Big Gemini.) This was mainly a result of its late start date, which allowed it to benefit from much that had been learned during the early stages of the Apollo project (which, despite its later launch dates, was actually begun before Gemini).

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Also read "On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini.
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http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4203/toc.htm
On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini by Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood Published as NASA Special Publication-4203 in the NASA History Series, 1977.
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4203/cover.htm
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How would you like to spend 02d 23h 17m 08s in a Volkswagen without being able to get out and stretch your legs? My knees hurt just sitting here with the laptop. Hope you have a little more space in going back to the Moon and Mars. :-)

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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Gemini-XI (11)

Pad LC-19 ()
Titan-II (11)

Crew:

Charles Conrad Jr.
Richard F. Gordon Jr.

Backup Crew:

Neil A. Armstrong
William A. Anders

CapCom:

Clifton C. Williams Jr. (Cape)
John W. Young (Houston)
Alan L. Bean (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:

Gemini-XI capsule

Mission Objective:

Primary objective was to rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV-5006) which was launched 9/12/66 from Launch Complex 14 as
TLV-5306 in 1st revolution. Secondary objectives included: Practice docking, Perform EVA. Conduct 11 experiments, Maneuver while docked (high apogee excursion), Conduct tethered vehicle test, Demonstrate automatic reentry and Park GATV-10 in 352.4km orbit. Spacecraft weight: 3798kg. GATV weight:
8097kg

Launch:

September 12, 1966 9:42:26.546 am EST. The launch was postponed twice; On September 9 due to a small leak in the first stage oxidizer tank of the GLV; and on the 10th due to a suspected malfunction of the autopilot on the GLV. On the day of the launch there was a 16 min hold due to a suspected leak around the command pilot's hatch.

Orbit:

Altitude: 1368.9 km (739.2nm)
Inclination: 28.83 degrees
Orbits: 44
Duration: 2 Days 23 hours 17 min 8 seconds
Distance: km

Landing:

September 15, 1966. Landing was at 24deg 15.4min North and 70deg 0.0min West. Miss distance was 4.9km (2.65nm). Recovery ship USS Guam (crew onboard in 24 min).

Mission Highlights:

All Primary objectives and most secondary objectives were achieved.
Experiment D-16, Power Tool Evaluation was canceled when the EVA was terminated early. During EVA, astronaut Gordon tethered the two spacecraft together with a 30-meter line. Automatic reentry was successful.

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http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4203/appd1.htm

Appendix D-1
Experiments by Flight
* Gemini 3
* Gemini IV
* Gemini V
* Gemini VI-A
* Gemini VII
* Gemini VIII
* Gemini IX
* Gemini X
* Gemini XI-A
* Gemini XII
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On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini by Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood ==============================================================

WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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