Gemini 8 was an early manned mission. This mission was part of NASA's Gemini program. This program was sandwiched between the earlier Mercury and later Apollo programs of manned space flight. One of the milestones of this program was achieved by Gemini 8 on March 16, 1966. In 2267, a copy of this picture was on display in Commodore Stone's office on Starbase 11. It was located to the right of the transporter alcove. (TOS: "Court Martial" ) The website neutralzone.de was responsible for identifying this spacecraft. For more information on the photo, see here.
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| - Gemini 8 was an early manned mission. This mission was part of NASA's Gemini program. This program was sandwiched between the earlier Mercury and later Apollo programs of manned space flight. One of the milestones of this program was achieved by Gemini 8 on March 16, 1966. In 2267, a copy of this picture was on display in Commodore Stone's office on Starbase 11. It was located to the right of the transporter alcove. (TOS: "Court Martial" ) The website neutralzone.de was responsible for identifying this spacecraft. For more information on the photo, see here.
- Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was the sixth manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The crew was returned to Earth safely. The only other time this happened was on the flight of Apollo 13.
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| - Gemini VIII docks with its Agena Target Vehicle
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| - Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was the sixth manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The crew was returned to Earth safely. The only other time this happened was on the flight of Apollo 13. It was the twelfth manned American flight and the twenty-second manned spaceflight of all time (including X-15 flights over kilometers ( nautical miles)). Command pilot Neil Armstrong's flight marked the second time a U.S. civilian flew into space (Joseph Albert Walker became the first U.S. civilian on X-15 Flight 90). Armstrong had resigned his commission in the United States Naval Reserve in 1960. The Soviet Union had launched the first civilian, Valentina Tereshkova (also the first woman), aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.
- Gemini 8 was an early manned mission. This mission was part of NASA's Gemini program. This program was sandwiched between the earlier Mercury and later Apollo programs of manned space flight. One of the milestones of this program was achieved by Gemini 8 on March 16, 1966. Crewed by Neil Armstrong and David Scott, this spacecraft successfully docked with the unmanned Agena target vehicle (ATV). It was the first time in Human history that two spacecraft had successfully completed this maneuver. The astronauts created a photographic record of this event. One of these photographs captured the moment before the two spacecraft docked. The photo taken from the starboard window showed the black nose of the capsule and the docking ring of the ATV. Both astronauts would later serve in the Apollo program. In 2267, a copy of this picture was on display in Commodore Stone's office on Starbase 11. It was located to the right of the transporter alcove. (TOS: "Court Martial" ) The website neutralzone.de was responsible for identifying this spacecraft. For more information on the photo, see here.
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