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“Artist’s conception of the rendezvous and docking maneuver in space when the two-man National Aeronautics and Space Administration Gemini spacecraft mates with the Agena Target Vehicle. Textron’s Bell Aerosystems Company builds the 16,000-pound thrust Agena liquid rocket engine for the target vehicle (at right) as well as a twin-module secondary propulsion system which fits snugly astride the Agena’s aft rack. The secondary propulsion system orients the propellant in the tanks of the Agena vehicle and adjusts its orbit.”
Secondary propulsion system? Who knew? Did you?? I didn’t!!!
“Mated”? Was the caption writer not familiar with “docked”? Ugh.
Interesting:
www.nasa.gov/history/SP-4002/p2b.htm
Specifically:
www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/SP-4002/im...
I’ve never seen this at such an amazing resolution.
digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/Ms1989-029/Ms1989-029_B06_F1b_Photo_...
Credit: Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives website
