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FAST FACTS: The Agena Upper Stage
Fireing a Rocket in Space: Because the propellant in the Agena’s tanks would float away from the rocket engine in weightlessness, the Agena was equipped with small solid-propellant rockets at the rear...
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SPACE RACE: United States Creates World’s First Artificial Gravity
The United States beat the Soviet Union in the race to produce artificial gravity. During the Gemini 11 mission, artificial gravity was created by attaching the Gemini capsule to the Agena Target...
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SPACE WALLPAPER: Gemini
This wallpaper is a 1965 artist’s concept of the two man Gemini spacecraft in flight. DOWNLOAD FULL SIZE WALLPAPER
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SPACE ART: Gemini Abort Off-the-Pad Ejection
This is a Gemini artist concept illustrating the sequence of events that take place if emergency ejection procedures are necessary before or following liftoff of a Gemini space flight.
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SPACE ART: Rendezvous Gemini 6 and 7 Spacecraft
This is an artist’s concept depicting the approximate positions of the Gemini 6 and 7 spacecrafts during rendezvous.
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SPACE ART: Gemini Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
This is an artist concept of a Gemini astronaut, wearing an Astronaut Maneuvering Unit, during extravehicular activity. An umbilical tether secures the astronaut to the Gemini spacecraft (upper left)....
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SPACE ART: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Spacecraft Size
(Above) This painting is an artist’s concept illustrating the relative sizes of the one-man Mercury spacecraft, the two-man Gemini spacecraft, and the three-man Apollo spacecraft. It also shows line...
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