The Agena Target Vehicle, also known as Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle, was an uncrewed spacecraft used by NASA during its Gemini program to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking tech
An Atlas-Agena launch vehicle launches GATV-5006 into orbit for the Gemini 11 mission.
The ATDA in orbit as seen from Gemini 9A, above Caracas, Venezuela, the Venezuelan Coastal Range, Isla La Orchila, and the Los Roques Archipelago. The photo is mirrored.
Gemini 9A was a 1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the seventh crewed Gemini flight, the 15th crewed American flight and the 23rd spaceflight of all time. The original crew for G
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The original prime crew of Gemini 9 – Elliot See and Charles Bassett
Gemini 9 original prime crew (front row, L-R) Elliott See, Charles Bassett; and backup crew (back row, L-R) Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan