Gemini Flies – Historien om NASAs testprogram Gemini som lade grunden för månlandningen – Författare: David J. Shayler In May 1961 President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years to pull it off NASA authorized the Project Gemini space program which gathered vital knowledge needed to achieve the nation’s goal. This book introduces the crucial three-step test program employed by the Gemini system covering: The short unmanned orbital flight of Gemini 1 that tested the compatibility of launch vehicle spacecraft and ground systems. The unmanned suborbital flight of Gemini 2 to establish the integrity of the reentry system and protective heat shield. The three-orbit manned evaluation flight of Gemini 3 christened Molly Brown by her crew. A mission recalled orbit by orbit using mission transcripts post-flight reports and the astronauts’ own account of their historic journey. Språk: Engelska
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