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Short Description
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Gemini preflight
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Gemini spacecraft being prepared in the shop.
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Credit:
NASA
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Gemini preflight
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MOL
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mol480.jpg
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Credit:
© Dan Roam
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MOL
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Gemini-Agena
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Gemini docked to Agena
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gemagena.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Gemini-Agena
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Gemini-Centaur
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Gemini Docked to Centaur for Circumlunar Flight
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gemcent.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Gemini-Centaur
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Gemini-Centaur-LM
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Gemini for lunar landing with Centaur and Langley open cockpit Lunar Module
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gemlmlan.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Gemini-Centaur-LM
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Gemini/Transtage-LEO
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Translunar Gemini with Double Transtage - LEO Configuration
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gemxstg1.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Gemini/Transtage-LEO
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Extended Gemini
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gemexmis.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Extended Gemini
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Gemini Ferry
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Drawing of Gemini Ferry in flight.
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gemferr.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell-Douglas
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Gemini Ferry
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Gemini Observatory
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gemobsvy.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Gemini Observatory
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Gemini Paraglider
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gemparag.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Gemini Paraglider
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Rescue Gemini
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A version of Gemini was proposed for rescue of crews stranded in Earth orbit. This version, launched by a Titan 3C, used a transtage for manoeuvring. The basic Gemini re-entry module was extended to 120 inches (3.05 m) diameter to provide a passenger compartment for the rescued crew. The same concept would eventually be used for Big Gemini.
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gemrescu.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Rescue Gemini
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Winged Gemini
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Top view of Winged Gemini, the most radical modification proposed. Drawing on the results of the ASSET subscale winged re-entry vehicle program, McDonnell proposed a version of the spacecraft using the same internal systems but capable of a piloted runway landing. The spacecraft was designed for launch by the standard Titan 2 Gemini Launch Vehicle.
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gemwin1.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Winged Gemini
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Gemini Transport
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Gemini Transport version proposed as a Gemini program follow-on. With the extended re-entry module, this is the ancestor of the Big Gemini spacecraft proposed in the late 1960's.
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gemxport.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Gemini Transport
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Gemini Lunar SRS
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Cutaway model of the Gemini Lunar Surface Rescue Spacecraft, with landing gear in stowed position. This version of Gemini would allow a direct lunar landing mission on a single Saturn V flight. It was proposed as an Apollo rescue vehicle. A single Gemini LSSS would be landed near the planned lunar landing site before an Apollo mission. In the event of a failure of the Apollo lunar module, the Gemini LSSS would return the two Apollo astronauts on the surface directly to earth.
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gemland2.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Gemini Lunar SRS
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Gemini LORV
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Gemini Lunar Orbit Rescue Vehicle, studied for rescue of an Apollo crew stranded in lunar orbit. Gemini would be launched by Saturn V. Following lunar orbit insertion it would rendezvous with the disabled Apollo. The three Apollo crew members would transfer by spacewalk to a compartment in the stretched Gemini capsule. It would then boost itself on a transearth trajectory. This was rejected in favour of the more flexible Gemini Lunar Surface Rescue Vehicle.
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Gemini LORV
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Gemini Lunar SSS
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Drawing of the Gemini Lunar Surface Survival Shelter. The shelter would be landed, unmanned, near the landing site of a stranded Apollo Lunar Module. In the event the LM ascent stage would not light to take the crew back to the Apollo CSM in lunar orbit, the two astronauts could go to the shelter and await a rescue mission. The astronaut in the CSM would return alone in the Apollo spacecraft.
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gemlusss.jpg
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Gemini Lunar SSS
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Big Gemini Mockup
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Mock-up of the Big Gemini re-entry module on display at the McDonnell plant, St Louis, in 1967. The large windows allowed viewing of the interior of the mock-up and were not going to be part of the flight version! By simply adding a passenger compartment behind the basic Gemini B, McDonnell produced a ballistic re-entry vehicle with the same total mass and base diameter as the Apollo Command Module, but over twice the cargo capacity.
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Credit:
McDonnell Douglas
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Big Gemini Mockup
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