Object Details
- Summary
- Gemini X was launched by a Titan II missile on July 18, 1966, for a 3-day mission. Commander John Young and pilot Michael Collins orbited the Earth 43 times. On the third orbit, Gemini X made a successful rendezvous and docking with the Agena 10 target. After undocking with Agena 10, the Gemini crew rendezvoused with Agena 8 without the use of radar. During the second of two spacewalks (EVAs),Collins used a hand-held maneuvering unit to fly to Agena 8, where he recovered a scientific package. Gemini X marked the first flight to rendezvous with two different target vehicles and it provided valuable EVA experience.
- This parachute cover came with the Gemini X spacecraft to the Smithsonian Institution in 1967.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Inventory Number
- A19680272003
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Parachutes
- Materials
- Plastic
- Copper Alloy
- Steel
- Paint
- Natural Fabric
- Synthetic Fabric
- Dimensions
- Approximate (Laying Flat): 236.9 × 354.3 × 2.5cm (93 1/4 in. × 11 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 1 in.)
- Storage (Rehoused in PSC with one additional object): 90.7kg, 123.2 × 115.6 × 89.5cm (200lb., 48 1/2 × 45 1/2 × 35 1/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680272003
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93207623b-8909-4429-a193-33b4ad5e9fee
