GEMINI 9 launch LIVE on TV, ABC News, June 3,1966
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Eugene Cernan and Tom Stafford, Gemini astronauts, June 3, 1966 8:39:33.335 am EST. GT-9 was postponed when TLV 5303 with Agena target vehicle GATV-5004 malfunctioned on May 17. In its place, a substitute target was used for GT-9A; the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) was launched by an Atlas on June 1, 1966 (TLV-5304) from Launch Complex 14. However, GT-9A was not launched the same day as planned due to a guidance system computer problem. After a brief hold, the spacecraft was launched on the 3rd day. MISSION: Primary objective of rendezvous and docking was only partially achieved because the shroud on the ATDA failed to jettison. Instead GT-9A performed a number of rendezvous maneuvers, including a simulation of lunar module rendezvous. EVA time was 2 hours, 9 minutes, a new EVA endurance record. During EVA maneuvers, Cernan's visor became fogged, and he was unable to test the Air Force astronaut maneuvering unit. Secondary objective experiment S-10, Agena Micrometerorite Collection experiment was not attempted because EVA did not take place near Agena target vehicle (GATV). INFO: NASA PAO
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Wow, look at those orange clouds of quick death around the pad. Hypergolics folks.
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Where do they get the video of the craft at 80 nautical miles in altitude? Always wondered about that.
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I wasn't quite 4 years old when this event occurred. While I remember Apollo, I do not remember any of the Gemini missions.
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"We have been kidding before, but not anymore.
Get yourselves into space, or we'll take your place."
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The animations looked way cooler than today :D
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If my research is accurate, the delay two days earlier that Bergman was referring to at around 2:00 to 2:20 in the broadcast was NASA's last launch scrub until the first attempt to launch STS-1! Every mission between Gemini 10 and Apollo/Soyuz launched on the first try. That's fifteen years between launch scrubs!
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Amazing... there was a time when the USA actually had a manned space program, a time before 0bama.
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Man advertising was funny back then.
Ford, has an idea that doesn't suck as much as last year.
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Who was the Houston PAO during ascent?
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Fun Fact: On February 28, 1966, Elliot See and Charles Bassett were flying from Texas to inspect the Gemini 9 spacecraft at the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. Louis, Missouri. The conditions at Lambert Field were poor and, as a consequence, in attempting a visual approach and landing, See hit one of the assembly buildings of the factory and caused the aircraft to crash, killing himself and Bassett instantly. As a consequence, the backup (Tom Stafford and Eugene Cernan) crew was promoted to prime crew, the first time this had occurred since the flight of Mercury-Atlas 7 in 1962.
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When I was a kid, Jules Bergman WAS the space program. His calm, scientific yet well-explained commentary kept this space kid enthralled. These exciting days filled our heads with wonder and kept our minds engaged in science!
I recall making models of the Mercury orbital rockets and taping together cardboard m ockups of the Apollo lunar lander from the back of cereal boxes.
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I agree with you 100%, that ABC, CBS, and NBC have their rights to any and all videos. I only wish the TV networks would release the actual broadcast videotapes of their product if for anything, for making a profit and showing us the items of all broadcasts locked up in their vaults. As it happened.
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Simply put: ABC owns this video and they will do with it what they want. Although NASA is a US govt dept, and as such, the US citizenry owns its work, those that videotape or otherwise record these events and report on them own those recordings. Important to keep that straight so that those that invest in the expense of reporting and recording history reep any revenue that results from interest from future generations. It's called business and profits. Good luck
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There is NO reason why videotapes such as these should be kept inside of vaults without allowing people to be able to view them as easily as this tape is from ABC. Too bad the ABC News NOW channel is not available in my TV market. I welcome students and us old geezers to watch history being made again.
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I believe NBC had a bettter idea.....
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