NASA GEMINI X PRE-FLIGHT MISSION OVERVIEW 1966 SPACE FLIGHT JOHN YOUNG & MICHAEL COLLINS 87174a

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This film from NASA documents preparations for the Gemini X mission, which launched on July 18, 1966. (TRT 4:47) Gemini 10 (officially Gemini X) was the 8th crewed Gemini flight, with astronauts John Young and Michael Collins. Its primary purpose was to conduct rendezvous and docking tests with the Agena Target Vehicle (ATV), and EVA. Gemini mission blasts off. (0:06). Narrator: “This is a test program.” The lunar landing research vehicle is shown in flight (0:25). The North American X-15, tail number 66670 (0:30). Gemini IX floats down in a parachute. “A test program into the unknown” (0:37). The Gemini X, with Command Pilots John Young and Michael Collins on the Gemini X (0:44). The surface of the earth. An experiment intends to study complex weather developments (1:09). A still camera, a Maurer 70mm, used for the synoptic wea