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Gemini spacesuit. The Gemini spacesuit is a spacesuit worn by American astronauts for launch, in-flight activities (including EVAs) and landing. It was designed by NASA based on the X-15 high-altitude pressure suit. [citation needed] All Gemini spacesuits were developed and manufactured by the David Clark Company in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks 2 February: Ranger 6: Lunar impact: Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:24:32, failed to return images : 14 July: Zond 1: Flyby of Venus: Closest approach: 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi), communications system failed before flyby
Project Gemini (IPA: / ˈ dʒ ɛ m ɪ n i /) was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. Conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development, Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966.
Gemini 1 was launched from Launch Complex 19 at Cape Kennedy (now Canaveral), Florida on April 8, 1964. The spacecraft stayed attached to the second stage of the rocket. The mission lasted for three orbits while test data were taken, but the spacecraft stayed in space for almost 64 orbits until its orbit decayed due to atmospheric drag. The ...
As a result, NASA management agreed to ensure that the Gemini space suit for the mission was capable of being used for EVA. Kenneth S. Kleinknecht told the July 1964 press conference that announced the mission that one of the crew might open the hatch and stick his head outside, but this attracted little attention.
Peggy Moffitt, the actor and model who became a 1960s mod icon wearing designer Rudi Gernreich’s famous topless bathing suit design and other bold looks of the era, died Saturday in Beverly Hills.
The Titan II/Gemini launch vehicle was dismantled to protect it from two hurricanes in August and September 1964. The second stage of the vehicle was taken down and stored in a hangar on August 26, 1964, in preparation for Hurricane Cleo, and the entire launch vehicle was subsequently dismantled and removed from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station's Launch Complex 19 in early September before ...
Dive into these vintage beach photos: After Kellerman's daring attire, a shift in beachwear occurred. In the 1920s hemlines took a huge jump to just above the knees as well as bodices becoming ...