GEMINI-9 - EARTH SKY - ATDA. NASA public domain image colelction.
Summary
S66-37943 (3 June 1966) --- The Augmented Target Docking Adapter is photographed against the background of the blackness of space from the Gemini-9 spacecraft during one of their three rendezvous in space. The ATDA and Gemini-9 spacecraft are 71.5 feet apart. Failure of the docking adapter protective cover to fully separate on the ATDA prevented the docking of the two spacecraft. The ATDA was described by the Gemini-9 crew as an ?Angry Alligator.? Photo credit: NASA
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Date
06/06/1966
Location
Launch Complex 16, 28.50333, -80.55172
Source
NASA
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)