Factores Mutuos

Robert McCall, ‘Atlas Rocket,’ 1959

Gemini 10 crew in Florida, 1966

New footage from @FireflyAerospace shows their lunar lander’s view from approximately 60 miles (100 km) above the Moon. Blue Ghost will land at Mare Crisium, on the near side of the Moon, on March 2, no earlier than 3:34 a.m. EST (0834 UTC). ⁣⁣ ⁣ All 10 NASA instruments on this flight are currently healthy and ready to operate on the lunar surface. The data that we collect from these instruments will help us prepare for crewed Artemis missions to the surface of the Moon. ⁣⁣

NASA ID: KSC-75PC-0330

Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott, two future Apollo moonwalkers, flew the sixth manned Gemini flight and performed the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. While docked to the Agena target vehicle, and while out of range of ground communications, the spacecraft began to roll uncontrollably. Since so much of the reentry maneuvering propellant was used to stop the spinning, the mission was aborted and the crew was recovered by secondary recovery forces.

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From Retro Space Images, a lovely photo of Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom on the morning of the Freedom 7 flight.

Science Photo Library: C029/9108, C029/9109, C029/9093, C029/9092, C029/9096, C029/9100, C045/8801, C029/9094