🇺🇸🧑🏼‍🚀🌝[Je vous présente la capsule spatiale de Gemini 9, celle qui a été dans l'espace !]🇺🇸🧑🏼‍🚀🌝 Lors de mon voyage au Kennedy Space Center, j'ai pu découvrir la capsule spatiale de la mission Gemini 9A ! Avoir devant moi ce morceau d'histoire m'a obligé ... à vous en faire une histoire ! Incroyable de ce dire que ce véhicule si particulier a fait 47 fois le tour de la Terre ! 🧑🏼‍🚀 Gemini 9 était un vol spatial habité de 1966 dans le cadre du programme Gemini de la NASA. La missi

May 17th - on this day in 1966, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle 5004 (GATV 5004) on an Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D from Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 14. GATV 5004 was to be used as a docking target for the crewed Gemini 9 mission, but failed to reach orbit after control over the launch vehicle had been lost shortly before Booster Engine Cut-Off (BECO). Gemini 9, set to launch later that morning, was scrubbed and ultimately flew as Gemini 9A o

In 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White conducted the first American spacewalk during Gemini 4, demonstrating that astronauts could maneuver and work in open space, a milestone that enabled future missions involving spacecraft repair, station assembly, and long-duration human presence in orbit. Follow @spaceeves #spacenews #nasa #spacehistory #gemini | SpaceEve

Historic footage from Apollo 9 shows the first full test of true spacewalk systems in Earth orbit. What may look unstable is normal in microgravity, as visor and checklist hardware float freely. This mission proved astronauts could work safely outside a spacecraft before going to the Moon. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo9 #Spacewalk #NASA #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve