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Saturn 1, SA-6 was the first orbital launch of an Apollo Spacecraft by a Saturn Launch Vehicle and also the first flight utilizing an active ST-124 Stabilized Platform.
Saturn I SA-4
SA-5 Demensions
SA-5 Section Cuts
S-IV 2nd Stg of SA-5
SA-5 on the Pad
SA-5 Launch
SA-6 Demensions
SA-6 Spacecraft
SA-6 on the Pad
Von Braun, Mueller and Rees watching SA-6
SA-7 Launch
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We left off last week after Buzz Aldrin’s third and final EVA. The hard work for the Gemini 12 mission was now complete. Even with the problems with the radar, the Agena main engines, and the fuel cells, Gemini XII as a whole had gone very well…
G12 Animated Gif
G12 into the Sun
Aldrin & Lovell on Wasp
Mission Patch
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In space, Jim and Buzz began to wonder if everything had been shut down too soon. For 25 minutes, with one brief exception, they heard nothing from the ground. The Ascension Island tracking station had the wrong acquisition time, so its communicators had not talked with the astronauts…
G12 Nose
Buzz hanging out
Agena on Tether
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When the Gemini IX-A Agena fell into the Atlantic Ocean, Gemini XII was threatened with a major hardware shortage of an Agena and an Atlas to launch it. Replacing the Agena was no real problem. Lockheed’s first production model, 5001, used for development testing at the Cape, had already been sent back to the Sunnyvale plant for refurbishment. Now it was simply a matter of tailoring it to the Gemini XII mission…
G12 Prime Crew
Prime & Backup Crew
Agena 12
Mission Patch
Backup Crew Patch
