Photograph, S-66-28788, Michael Collins undergoes zero-gravity egress training, Gemini 10 Mission, [April 1], 1966 (Ms1989-029)
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NASA Photo S-66-28788. Astronaut Michael Collins undergoes zero-gravity egress training in preparation for his Gemini 10 Mission.
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Photograph, S-66-41160, Michael Collins spacesuit inspection, Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, [July 18], 1966 (Ms1989-029)
NASA Photo S-66-41160. Astronaut Michael Collins getting his spacesuit checked by NASA scientists before the Gemini 10 Mission.
Photograph, S-66-42164, Michael Collins pre-flight suit check, Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, [July 18], 1966 (Ms1989-029)
NASA Photo S-66-42164. Astronaut Michael Collins during pre-flight suit check.
Photograph, S-66-39723, Michael Collins outside of Static Article 5, Gemini 10 Mission, [June 18], 1966 (Ms1989-029)
NASA Photo S-66-39723. Astronaut Michael Collins outside of Static Article 5, used for water egress training
NASA Photo S-66-32549. NASA 904, a T-38 jet used by NASA for training missions
1966
Photograph, S-66-42752, zero-gravity egress training, Gemini 10 Mission, [April 1, 1966] (Ms1989-029)
Gemini 10 crew Michael Collins and John W. Young working with technicians during zero-gravity egress training aboard the KC-135 Air Force plane.
NASA Gemini Gallery
Photographs
Photograph, "An Agena with a Halo" (CB-12), Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, June 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
The Agena spacecraft is rocketed into orbit in a series of halos. This picture was made by an automatic remote camera which makes the rocket takes its own photo as light from the rocket blast starts the photo-electric relay.
Photograph, Collins and Young during Simultaneous Launch Demonstration, Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, [July 12, 1966] (Ms1989-029)
Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young inside the cockpit during a Simultaneous Launch Demonstration.
Photograph, S-66-42714, Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young, Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, [July 13, 1966] (Ms1989-029)
Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young walking down the ramp at Pad 19 after participating in a Simultaneous Launch Demonstration. Taken through a Fish-eye camera lens.
Photograph, "Ready for Space Voyage" (CB-8), Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Locked in their tiny Gemini 10 spacecraft are Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins in this unusual "fisheye" lens shot of the capsule before the gantry was lowered at Pad 19.
Photograph, "Up and Away" (CB 4), Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
An Agena space vehicle riding atop a powerful Atlas booster, spewing flames and smoke, rocketed off its pad at Cape Kennedy, FL.
Photograph, "Titan launches voyage of Gemini 10" (CKH-2), Cape Kennedy, FL, July 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
A Titan 2 rocket lifts from the pad at Cape Kennedy today carrying the Gemini 10 capsule and astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins to a planned three-day voyage in space.
Photograph, "Double Launch, Double Exposure" (CKH7), Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
The Titan 2, carrying the Gemini 10 capsule and astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins, blasts off from a Cape Kennedy pad in pursuit of an Atlas-Agena launced 101 minutes earlier. The photo is the result of a double exposure.
Photograph, "Off to a Flying Start" (MSC7), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Air Force Maj. Michael Collins, gestures as she talks with newsmen at the family home in El Lago near the Spacecraft Center following the successful launch.
Photograph, "Recovery Forces Watch Launch" (MSC8), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Members of the Recovery Control Center Staff at Manned Spacecraft Center Houston, TX, watch as Gemini 10 spaceflight begins the roll after launching from Cape Kennedy.
Photograph, "How The Gemini Will Get A Boost From Agena" (CB 10), Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 18, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
This is an artist's drawing of how the Gemini 10 space capsule will be pushed into a higher orbit when they ignite the 16,000-pound thrust multi-start Agena rocket engine while docked with the Agena target vehicle.
Photograph, "Follow the Leader in Space Age" (CB 2), Gemini 10 Mission, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 19, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Flames pour from an Atlas rocket as it pushes an Agena target vehicle toward orbit and 100 minutes later the Gemini 10 spacecraft starts in pusuit atop a Titan 2 rocket.
Photograph, "Routine Assignment" (MSC7), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 19, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
As Gemini 10 spaceflight continued to orbit the earth on its complex mission, ground crew members at Mission Control reflected these expressions as they went about their various assignments.
Photograph, "Explains Maneuver" (MSC5), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 19, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Clifford E. Charlesworth, one of the Gemini 10 flight directors, explains the EVA maneuver to be attempted by Astronaut Michael Collins during the spaceflight.
Photograph, "Attends Mass" (MSC9), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 19, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Air Force Maj. Michael Collins, and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Golden of Wellesly, Mass., arrive at Ellington AFB chapel where they attended Catholic mass.
Photograph, "Collins Kids go Riding" (MSC10), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 19, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
While their dad, Maj. Michael Collins was busy with experiments in space during the flight of Gemini 10, Michael Jr. 3, and his sisters, Kathleen, 7, and Ann, 5, get ready to take a ride in the driveway of their home in Nassau Bay, near the Manned Spacecraft Center.
Photograph, "Headin' for the Pool" (MSC4), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 19, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Gemini 10 pilot Mike Collins, jests with newsmen as she and her sister, Mrs. Ellie Golden, walk to a neighbor's home to attend a swimming party today.
Photograph, Collins and Golden Watching Television, Gemini 10 Mission, [Houston, TX], 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Astronaut Michael Collins, and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Golden, sit in front of the television in the Collins home near the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
Photograph, Collins and Golden with Priest, Gemini 10 Mission, [Houston, TX], 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Astronaut Michael Collins, and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Golden, walking with a priest following a mass service.
Photograph, Collins and Golden Exit Church, Gemini 10 Mission, [Houston, TX], 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Astronaut Michael Collins, and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Golden, leaving a church building with a priest after attending a mass service.
Photograph, "Eyes Smarted in Space" (NY-09), Michael Collins and John W. Young, Gemini 10 Mission, July 20, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Gemini 10 Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young are hoping that yesterday's problem with smarting eyes will not recur late this afternoon as they open their spacecraft's hatch to conduct experiments in space.
Photograph, "Welcome Home for Space Twins" (CB-2), Michael Collins and John W. Young, Gemini 10 Mission, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins get a welcome from crew of the Carrier Guadalcanal after they were taken aboard following an on-target splashdown from their three day flight.
Photograph, "Space Walker gets a Hoist"(CB-10), Gemini 10 Mission, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Gemini 10 Astronaut Michael Collins wears a life belt as he is towed up to a helicopter from raft in the western Atlantic today after splash down of the space craft.
Photograph, "A Small World After All That Space" (NY-31), Michael Collins, Gemini 10 Mission, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Astronaut Michael Collins awaits for John Young to be helped out of the Gemini 10 after their splashdown in the western Atlantic.
Photograph, "Installing Collar on Gemini 10" (NY-34), Gemini 10 Mission, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Seaman Roger Bates of New York City installs flotation collar underwater on the Gemini 10 capsule.
Photograph, "Mission Accomplished! 'Big Top' Collapses" (NY-39), Gemini 10 Mission, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
The huge, striped parachute which eased Gemini 10 down into the western Atlantic after the reentry of the spacecraft collapses in the water as Gemini 10 floats alongside it.
Photograph, "Gemini 10 Eases down for Splashdown" (NY29), Gemini 10 Mission, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Parachute of the Gemini 10 eases the space craft down into the waters of the western Atlantic.
Photograph, "Little Mike's Space Kick" (MSC-2), Gemini 10 Mission, Houston, TX, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mike Collins, 3, whose dad, Astronaut Michael Collins has contributed a great deal to America's space program in the last few days, has his own little space kick going.
Photograph, "Space Men Become Seamen" (CB 1), Gemini 10 Mission, July 22, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Gemini 10 Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young sit in a raft with three frogmen as they wait for a helicopter to pick them up after they emerged from their spacecraft after splash down in the western Atlantic.
Photograph, "Gemini 10 Hits The Target" (CB 5), Gemini 10 Mission, July 22, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
The 83-foot orange and white parachute that lowered the Gemini 10 space craft after reentry lies below the surface of the western Atlantic after the almost perfect pinpoint landing of the craft in recovery area.
Photograph, "Astronauts' Debris Becomes a Satellite" (MSC4), Gemini 10 Mission, July 23, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
This view made from the Gemini 10 spacecraft shows the stowage bag of the umbilical line after it was dumped from the craft.
Photograph, "Earth Photo from Highest Altitude Reached by Man" (MSC2), Gemini 10 Mission, July 23, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
This is how the earth looked to Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins from the 475-mile altitude reached during the Gemini 10 spaceflight.
Photograph, "Earth Photo from Highest Altitude Reached by Man [2]" (MSC6), Gemini 10 Mission, July 23, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Photograph, "Docking High Above Earth" (MSC3), Gemini 10 Mission, July 23, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
This view through command pilot's hatch window on the Gemini 10 spacecraft moments before docking was accomplished with the Agena Target Vehicle.
Photograph, "Gemini 10 Prepares to Dock" (MSC5), Gemini 10 Mission, July 23, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
This is how the Agena Docking Vehicle looked from Gemini 10 as the spacecraft maneuvered into position to unite with its target high above the earth.
Photograph, "Astronaut Takes Own Picture" (MSC7), Michael Collins, Gemini 10 Mission, July 23, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Astronaut Mike Collins made this picture of himself by holding a movie camera at arm's length.
Photograph, "Ready to Dock" (MSC7), Gemini 10 Mission, July 23, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
This is how the Agena Docking vehicle looked from the Gemini 10 spacecraft as the two vehicles maneuvered into position high above the earth.
Photograph, S-66-42767, John W. Young hoisted out of water, Gemini 10 Mission, [July 21, 1966] (Ms1989-029)
Astronaut John W. Young, Command Pilot of the Gemini 10 Spacecraft, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the prime recovery ship, The USS Guadalcanal.
Photograph, S-66-42781, Michael Collins hoisted out of water, Gemini 10 Mission, [July 21, 1966] (Ms1989-029)
Astronaut Michael Collins above the Western Atlantic as he is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the prime recovery ship, The USS Guadalcanal.
Photograph, S-66-42785, Painted and signed cartoon of the Gemini 10 Mission for the crew of the USS Guadalcanal, n.d., 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Painted and signed Cartoon of the Gemini 10 Mission for the crew of the USS Guadalcanal.
Photograph, "Three-Day Beards from Space" (CB-3), Gemini 10 Mission, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
A three-day growth of beards is sported by Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins, after they were taken aboard the Carrier Guadalcanal.
Photograph, "Collins Clan After Splashdown" (MSC4), Houston, TX, July 21, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Mrs. Pat Collins, Wife of Maj. Michael Collins of Gemini 10, and the couple's children meet with newsmen after splashdown today.
Photograph, "Bearded Space Travelers" (CB3), Carrier Guadalcanal, July 22, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Wearing a three-day growth of beard, the beaming crew of the Gemini 10, John W. Young and Michael Collins, stand on the deck of the helicopter carrier Guadalcanal.
Photograph, "Happiness Reigns in Mission Control", Houston, TX, July 22, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Happy NASA officials are shown in Mission Control, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, TX, after completion of the successful Gemini 10 spaceflight.
Photograph, "A Study In Relaxation" (CB-6), Carrier Guadalcanal, July 22, 1966 (Ms1989-029)
Hands clasped in their laps, Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins sit side by side on the Carrier Guadalcanal.