NASA GEMINI VI AND VII MISSION ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS " PROUD CONQUEST " 1965 19214
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This historic film from 1965 documents the world’s first rendezvous of two spacecraft in space -- the Gemini VI-A and VII missions (unofficially Gemini 6A and 7). This version of the film opens with an intro by Ohio Congressman Samuel L. Devine (:13), who apparently was using his affiliation with NASA to promote his re-election to office. In 1965, the Gemini team traveled over 11 million miles in space and completed 650 hours in space (:48). These trips made the manned missions to the moon possible (1:12). Ed White of Gemini IV made history when he opened the hatch and entered space for the first time (1:17). Gemini VI and VII proved an orbital rendezvous was possible on December 15th, 1965 (1:28). The astronauts on this mission were Schirra, Stafford, Lovell and Borman (2:04). In the white room at launch complex 19, backup pilots Edward White and Michael Collins are seen inside Gemini VII (2:52) checking systems. Enjoying breakfast, we see Frank Borman, James Lovell, Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford (3:26). Gemini VI was to launch nine days after VII (3:36). The senior assistant to the Gemini program manager, Andre J. Meyer Jr (3:39) follows. Lovell and Borman head to Launch Complex 19 (3:52) in their lightweight suits. James V. Correle discusses the suits and how they are as safe as the older, heavier models (4:17) and how the astronauts were to remove the suits after takeoff and fly in their underwear (4:25). The countdown begins (4:42). Charles W. Matthews (the program manager) notes as VII took off, Gemini VI's launch vehicle was already being loaded out of a hangar (6:17). Frank Borman speaks about the preparations for the 14-day long flight (6:31). James Lovell discusses the medical checkups prior to take off (7:03). Dr. Charles A. Berry notes that this mission would prove how the human body would handle this much time in space (7:17). In the ground control station, Christopher Kraft announces pad preparations were going well and asks Gemini VII’s pilots about the new suit configuration (9:03). Over the radio Lovell and Dr. Berry discuss their sleeping quality in flight (9:42). By now they had been in flight for 139 hours and Gemini VI was preparing to launch (10:34). Schirra and Stafford are seen heading for launch complex 19 (11:01). Unfortunately, the engines ignite but the launch is scrubbed (11:51). Gemini VII was in perfect position to view the launch (12:34). Stafford acknowledges the disappointment after two failed launches (12:45). Gemini VII reached a new worlds space endurance record (13:21). Stafford and Schirra again head to the launch pad and this time it was successful (14:35). Gemini 6 was able to still view 7’s launch from space (15:39). W. B. Evans, the chief of Gemini Mission Planning (16:37), shows the pair's planned orbit (16:51) and where an altitude adjustment maneuver would be completed in order to bring their orbits close (17:07). In order to have the two crafts meet at the planned time and location, two other maneuvers would have to be conducted (18:14). Gemini VI and VII were to able to radio contact each other once 140 miles apart (20:14). A shot of the sun coming up from Gemini VI is given (20:23) and an attempt for VII to radio call VI is enacted and incomplete (20:40). The pair is then shown in space about 25 miles apart (22:42). The distance grows shorter and shorter and Schirra notes that rendezvous and docking would be possible (24:03). They were able to get about a foot within one another (24:13). Small droplets from the water boiler are seen in crystalline form in space (24:55). After the rendezvous maneuvers were complete, the pair completed station keeping for about 5.5 hours (25:14). Film follows of the pair separating (25:43). Schirra and Stafford prepare for the splash down (26:48) and are recovered in the ocean (26:52). Millions watched the drop down on television and we see the hatch opened up with astronauts inside (27:04). Gemini VII, still in space, hit its 206th orbit (27:27). A photo is given of Borman in space (27:58) and he notes the only need for the suits in space was during takeoff, landing and perhaps for emergency (28:02). The film nears its conclusion with Charles Matthews noting it had been a successful end to a successful year (28:18). Borman and Lovell hit their splash down point (28:57) and then are rescued by helicopters. The film returns to the Ohio Congressmen who informs us the first words said to Gemini VI to Gemini VII was “Having fun?” from Schirra (31:26).
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Love this one! So many deniers forget all the groundwork laid in the Gemini and Gemini Aegina programs prior to Apollo. Deserves it's own movie. These Gemini missions did the heavy lifting to make the Apollo program the success it was.
Deniers don't forget things, they're just the fools of modern history.
My father at 4:41. Fritz Widick. So loved his job. Great time and place for me to grow up. Such amazing role models all the dedicated engineers and astronauts! Not even close to a waste of money! So well spent still rewarding everyone who uses a phone, gps and weather forecast.
Thats awesome! Saddens me when people think the space programs are a waste of money. Its literally our future that we are investing in! Some people just can't see the bigger picture.
Hi Mark; I went to work for Rockwell at KSC in 1982. I had known of your Dad since I was a kid (when was a TC on Gemini). He worked just down the hall from me. A genuinely fine fellow. We became friends, and I really enjoyed it.
Was your father's full name Herman K Widick?
@@AureliusR yes it was
@@dandeprop Thanks for the message. By the way.. Hoping to photograph the upcoming Artemis 1 launch. Have applied for Credentialling and am still waiting final authorization.
55 years ago....amazing. Jim Lovell is still kicking at 92 Y/o. An amazing bloke and my hero Astronaut.
Lovell has that easy going attitude unlike other astronauts that have a more commanding presence i.e. Borman, and yet he became the most experienced astronaut.
3 of the 4 astronauts still alive: Lovell, Borman & Stafford.
@@wrightmf Borman was good at his job but other astronauts said he was a prick.
Amazing wish he had the chance to land on the moon.
"I feel like was born up here."
I couldn't sit still in a car for 2 weeks let alone a capsule. I'm not sure how anybody has the mental fortitude for that. Astronauts really are something else.
Lining up a meeting in space was just amazingly complicated. The was some really brilliant thinking and understanding of it all.
There's an interview where Borman is basically laughing at how crazy Gemini was eith all the tethers and whatnot. He said something to the effect of, "we just had two spacecraft tied together up there, we probably didn't know what the hell we were doing."
You only need some wires apparently.
I can't imagine spending 14 days in a Gemini. I sat in a mockup of one of the caps and it is beyond claustrophobic when the hatch is closed. The windscreen is about a foot or so in front of your face.
Additional context:
-Most of the filmed Mission Control/spacecraft exchanges are dramatizations recorded after the fact for this specific production-it is incredibly unusual for a Flight Director to bypass the CAPCOM and speak directly to the crew (the most notable breach of this protocol was when Chris Kraft called up on the Gemini 4 EVA "The flight director says get back in!"), plus the air-to-ground traffic sounds noticeably cleaner in places than you'd actually hear.
-The Gemini 6 launch abort was caused by an electrical umbilical prematurely disconnecting before full engine thrust was reached. Additionally, a review of the booster telemetry showed the #2 engine on the first stage wasn't developing the thrust it should've been, and further investigation found a plastic dust cover left on a gas generator component during booster assembly.
I love this videos from the past 😀😀
I met Jim Lovell (even got his autographed of my copy of his book "Lost Moon"), I asked was the spacecraft really stinky after two weeks? He answered, "it was rank!" Reading Michael Collins book "Carrying the Fire" he wrote going to the pad with Gemini/Titan had armies of technicians around the pad. But for Apollo/Saturn he wrote there was nobody around as just about everyone was three miles away! I'm thinking that huge amount of fuel for Saturn a good reason to keep people away but then large quantities of hypergolics is pretty scary and dangerous as well.
Lovell has said when he returned and walking on the ship deck, he had to think about using his legs "left, right, left, right..." Also note Elliot See (capcom) died in a plane crash and Cernan took his place with Stafford on a subsequent Gemini flight. See was a test pilot for GE when he became an astronaut with the second group that included Stafford, Lovell, and Armstrong. It's been said this second group was the most stable of all astronaut groups. All that didn't die eventually commanded Apollo missions.
@@speddytaghetti7905 Because you know all. Bwahahaha! Well, really you know nothing.
@@speddytaghetti7905 You are off your meds.🤨
Did he sign the autograph with his asscheeks?
Nice to see some footage of Elliot See who was acting as capcom. See, of course, was part of the great Gemini group of astronauts and was to have commanded Gemini 9 but was tragically killed along with his crewmate Charlie Basset in a plane crash prior to the flight.
I wonder if Elliot See was even still alive when this film came out. He was killed in a plane crash (along with Charles Bassett) shortly after the end of this mission. He and Bassett were to fly on Gemini 9.
This is one of the coolest of the NASA films. Pretty no-frills compared to some of the later films, but so much happened in this joint mission of 7 & 6.
Hahaha I spit my coffee out watching this ahahaha I even got coffee in my nose
I'm so glad these videos are out there now. How ridiculous is this whole deal? Water floating out in space as ice? Haha whatever
This whole thing feels like an act, a production and nothing more.
They should make a movie out of it...they could call it "The Non-Achievement That Never Occurred"
_Rocking that 14-day beard at _*_29:15_**_!_* 🧔
_And probably a little bit of crotch-rot!_ 🤣
Turns out, not as much as you might think. They brought wet wipes up with them for cleaning purposes, and based on issues encountered on Gemini 5 (dandruff flakes floating around in zero-G), they hit the anti-dandruff shampoo pretty good before flight, and being able to get out of their suits helped keep their scalps from getting dry.
Pretty evident a lot of this was post produced after the mission was complete.
We could say to Congressman Devine a traffic cop not needed but NORAD tracking all the stuff and providing keps for those that need it. His comments at end of video regarding a traffic cop needed for increasing regularity of orbiting rendezvous reminded me a tour in USAF Space Command "Blue Cube" in early 1990s where we saw timeline tracks for various commercial and research LEO satellites and they were replaying orbit insertion tracks for a TDRSS bird is when it illustrated NORAD is the traffic cop these days.
Gus Grissom is my favorite astronaut
He-Man and GI Joe are pretty cool too
Don't laugh even though this quite primitive to what we now have. But back then this was a MAJOR accomplishment, we knew the math but took a lot of work building hardware and making it actually happen. Plus a lot of all-nighters from mathematicians to machinists, many were laid off and had to find new lines of work after success of the moon landings.
Primitive? Nothing much has changed. Still just strapping people to a big bomb, now just with computers.
15:25
Tin foil hatters are crawling out...
After they firmly affix their metallic mush cap, they run on and on about the 'fact' it's a lie, does not exist and never really happened . . . . utterly moronic.
Proud conquest of nothing which got us nowhere only to be defunded by people who want us to go nowhere.
Haha thats as laughable as todays cartoonery!
Space doesn’t exist
Yes it does, there is lots between your ears.