Gemini 8, This is Houston Flight

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Gemini 8, This is Houston Flight

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13 жыл бұрын

The historic first docking in space with the Agena is completed. Camaras record the harrowing experiences of the astronauts as Gemini VIII wildly gyrates through space following a malfunction. The spacecraft is separated from the Agena, brought under control and reentry is achieved.

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@adamgrocco 10 жыл бұрын

My left ear loved this.

@YashShevde 3 жыл бұрын

same as the guys in mission control with their headsets lol

@iamisamu2776 2 жыл бұрын

Stereo wasn’t a common thing until the 1970s and most microphones record in mono

@PizzaCat42069 3 ай бұрын

And yet the monumental impact of this mission was still somehow lost on you

@deankaras8359 3 жыл бұрын

Gene was soooo on top of everything!

@NoName-eq9md 3 жыл бұрын

Gene Kranz. The man, the myth, the legend.

@garymcaleer6112 7 жыл бұрын

Throughout my childhood in Alexandria public schools every Gemini space flight was shown to the students. The wonder, the hopes, and the reality of what modern man was accomplishing held our undivided attention. Truly inspiring.

@jpmorgan187 12 жыл бұрын

being an engineer, it's heart breaking when you're responsible for bugs on high pressure projects. However, I can't imagine the feeling of the person responsible for the short circuit at 23:18

@josephstevens9888 3 жыл бұрын

NASA's John Hodge (1929 - 2021) British-born aerospace engineer and primary flight controller on the Gemini 8 mission. May he rest in peace.

@NGinuity 12 жыл бұрын

He was the flight director on all odd number Apollo missions, in addition to the Gemini ones and it was on his shift that we landed on the moon. “And from now on, no person will leave or enter this room until we have either landed, we have crashed, or we have aborted. Those are the only three outcomes from this time on”.

@xXEndLessKaosXx 11 жыл бұрын

i dont know if you noticed but thats how the audio was recorded... you can see that they only had one earphone on the left and a mic on the left as well

@The_RetroManiac 3 жыл бұрын

I find it amazing how they were able to do all this stuff in space with the limited technology of their time.

@josephstevens9888 3 жыл бұрын

They laid the foundation for the technology we take for granted today.

@RideAcrossTheRiver 7 ай бұрын

The technology was not "limited."

@eromadrol 12 жыл бұрын

Had never seen this ! Great footage, T4P !

@beepIL 11 жыл бұрын

smoking in mission control like a baws

@ryeb_ 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! I didnt know this video existed,

@legohelicopter 11 жыл бұрын

The Agena was a spent rocket stage which was docking-capable. They used them to practise docking in orbit, because nobody knew if it could be done at the time. The Agenas often failed, however, blowing up during launch or not having complete shroud seperation after launch. They're also called Agena Target Vehicle, if you want to read more.

@fmlazar 2 ай бұрын

Gemini 8 did abort it's flight in the end.

@daleferdinand 12 жыл бұрын

All I can say is wow..............

@amartinjoe 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for the info!

@AleAdryGalli 12 жыл бұрын

LOL... Me too :P (With a sort of Atlas-Agena and Titan-Gemini replicas... just waiting an official way to "dock" in the game actively, and not only put ships nose to nose)

@spring-jo8xv 4 жыл бұрын

Gene Kranz what a Boss 😉

@AllisterCaine 3 жыл бұрын

Just by looking at him I know I wouldn't want to mess with him. But he also always looked classy in his white vests.

@MrShagnasty18 12 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong ........................

@Christ0pherWade Ай бұрын

14:43

@stellaroid 12 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. right earphone.

@Zoomer30 8 жыл бұрын

Litt known fact (especially to the inherently stupid) : HD did not exist in the 60s (or really even in the 70s outside of Japan).

@5Andysalive 6 жыл бұрын

Also not existing were local recording of tv (taping). TV meant transmission to one of very few ground stations who could handle it. Otherwise it was Film. Big heavy film, very limited in a capsule. Expecting full visual coverage and looking for "continuity errors" in a little info film about a(ny) 60's space mission is just plain idiotic. It's not like they had more difficult and important things to do than "vlogging". Claiming special effects (which didn't exist) or cgi is plain braindeath. Fun fact: Apollo 10 had 1 TV coverage transmitted to Madrid Ground station. It couldn't be transmitted to Houston so the flew it there. With a plane. It was shown to the american public like 10 hours later.

@jefferyrightmire9520 9 жыл бұрын

50 years

@tge4 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah, "whoops fellas, my fault. Sorry 'bout that. Had a little too much Remy Martin that day." lol

@stewartj3407 3 жыл бұрын

The video just brushes over the fact that they had a critical malfunction that nearly cost their lives.

@gregrobinson8512 Жыл бұрын

Armstrong saved the day. The capsule was spinning so fast they were close to being unconscious. Neil was so cool under pressure. This had alot to do with him getting the moon shot.

@SoyChilangoNaco 12 жыл бұрын

The Original Sound is Mono...

@opulentmuzik 11 жыл бұрын

Gene Kranz !!!! I miss being his Chauffeur !!!

@MsStack42 6 жыл бұрын

opulentmuzik You serious? If so "lucky man!!!!!" (ermm You, not Him!)

@natkate7945 4 жыл бұрын

Lol only left ear

@beepIL 11 жыл бұрын

yeah... man... i wouldn't want to be him, that much is certain... its a "go back home and lay in a fetus position inside the closet never to be seen again" kind of situation.