Space Rocket History #78 - Gemini IX-A with Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan - Part 2 - Rendevouz

As contractors worried about technical problems with the Atlas, Once again NASA, faced the necessity for a quick recovery plan when a target vehicle failed to reach orbit. You may recall the first time was with Gemini 6.  But this time Nasa had something in the hangar, an alternate vehicle – the Augment Target Docking Adapter also known as the  ATDA…

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Stafford in Orbit

ATDA