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1
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2
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- Two primary goals -
- Extend flight duration to
2 weeks
- Develop techniques for
performing a rendezvous in space
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3
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- Important additions:
- rocket system for spacecraft to change orbit
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4
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- Made up of
2 modules -
- Bell shaped reentry module
- Adapter module
- 2 astronaut concept
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5
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- First 2 flights were
unmanned
- Next 10 were
manned
- Took place within
2 years
- All launched by
Titan II booster
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6
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- GT - 3
- Mar ‘65 - 5hr
- 1st change of orbit
- Grissom - Young
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7
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- GT - 4
- Jun‘65 - 4day
- 1st US space walk
- McDivitt - White
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8
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- GT - 5
- Aug‘65 - 8 days
- practice rendezvous
- Cooper - Conrad
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9
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- GT - 7
- 4 Dec ‘65 -
- 206 orbits
- record endurance
- Borman - Lovell
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10
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- GT - 6
- 15 Dec ‘65 - 1 day
- world’s 1st rendezvous
- Schirra - Stafford
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11
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- GT - 8
- Mar ‘66 - 11 hours
- 1st docking & rendezvous
- Armstrong - Scott
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12
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- GT - 9
- June ‘66 - 3 days
44 ob
- 1st space walk
- Stafford - Cernan
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13
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- GT - 10
- July ‘66 - 3 days
43 ob
- space walk - 39 min
- Young - Collins
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14
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- GT - 11
- Sep ‘66 - 3
days 44 ob
- EVA - 2 hrs - Gordon
- Conrad -Gordon
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15
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- GT - 12
- Nov ‘66 - 3
days 59 ob
- 2 EVA’s -
- Lovell - Aldrin
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16
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- Problems during rendezvous
- Objects looked closer than
they actually were
- Locating a
target in space
was not the
same as an
aircraft in midair
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17
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- Problems during rendezvous
- thrust to speed
up put craft
in higher orbit
and slowed down
space craft
- braking to
slow down put craft in
lower orbit and
craft speed up
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