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Gemini 10, the Glossary

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Gemini 10 (officially Gemini X) With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations.[1]

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  1. 56 relations: Agena target vehicle, Alan Bean, Apollo 11, Apsis, Beta particle, Bremsstrahlung, Buzz Aldrin, Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Charles Bassett, Clifton Williams, Cosmosphere, Dinitrogen tetroxide, Docking and berthing of spacecraft, Elliot See, Extravehicular activity, Gemini 11, Gemini 8, Gemini 9A, Gene Cernan, Geocentric orbit, Gordon Cooper, Hand-held maneuvering unit, Human spaceflight, Hutchinson, Kansas, Irradiance, Jim Lovell, John Young (astronaut), Lists of spacewalks and moonwalks, Lithium hydroxide, Low Earth orbit, Mass, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Michael Collins (astronaut), Milky Way, NASA, Nitrogen, North American X-15, Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Orbital inclination, Orbital period, Oslo, Project Gemini, South Atlantic Anomaly, Space capsule, Space exploration, Space rendezvous, Space suit, Spectrometer, Splashdown, ... Expand index (6 more) »

  2. Extravehicular activity
  3. Human spaceflights
  4. John Young (astronaut)
  5. July 1966 events
  6. Project Gemini missions
  7. Spacecraft launched by Titan rockets
  8. Spacecraft which reentered in 1966

Agena target vehicle

The Agena Target Vehicle (ATV), also known as Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV), was an uncrewed spacecraft used by NASA during its Gemini program to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques, and to perform large orbital changes, in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions.

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Alan Bean

Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter.

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Apollo 11

Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon.

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Apsis

An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body.

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Beta particle

A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus during the process of beta decay.

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Bremsstrahlung

In particle physics, bremsstrahlung is electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle when deflected by another charged particle, typically an electron by an atomic nucleus.

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Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot.

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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 19

Launch Complex 19 (LC-19) is a deactivated launch site on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida used by NASA to launch all of the Gemini crewed spaceflights.

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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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Charles Bassett

Charles Arthur "Charlie" Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966), (Major, USAF), was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot.

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Clifton Williams

Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. (September 26, 1932 – October 5, 1967), was an American naval aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer, major in the United States Marine Corps, and NASA astronaut, who was killed in a plane crash; he never went into space.

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Cosmosphere

Cosmosphere is an international science education center and space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States.

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Dinitrogen tetroxide

Dinitrogen tetroxide, commonly referred to as nitrogen tetroxide (NTO), and occasionally (usually among ex-USSR/Russian rocket engineers) as amyl, is the chemical compound N2O4.

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Docking and berthing of spacecraft

Docking and berthing of spacecraft is the joining of two space vehicles.

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Elliot See

Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.

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Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft.

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Gemini 11

Gemini 11 (officially Gemini XI) With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations. Gemini 10 and Gemini 11 are Extravehicular activity, human spaceflights, Project Gemini missions, spacecraft launched by Titan rockets and spacecraft launched in 1966.

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Gemini 8

Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations. Gemini 10 and Gemini 8 are human spaceflights, Project Gemini missions, spacecraft launched by Titan rockets, spacecraft launched in 1966 and spacecraft which reentered in 1966.

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Gemini 9A

Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A) With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations. Gemini 10 and Gemini 9A are Extravehicular activity, human spaceflights, Project Gemini missions, spacecraft launched by Titan rockets, spacecraft launched in 1966 and spacecraft which reentered in 1966.

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Gene Cernan

Eugene Andrew Cernan (March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot.

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Geocentric orbit

A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.

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Gordon Cooper

Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.

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Hand-held maneuvering unit

The Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit (HHMU), also known as the maneuvering gun, or informally as "the zip gun", was the first astronaut propulsion unit. Gemini 10 and Hand-held maneuvering unit are Extravehicular activity.

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Human spaceflight

Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight or crewed spaceflight) is spaceflight with a crew or passengers aboard a spacecraft, often with the spacecraft being operated directly by the onboard human crew.

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Hutchinson, Kansas

Hutchinson is the largest city and county seat in Reno County, Kansas, United States, and located on the Arkansas River.

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Irradiance

In radiometry, irradiance is the radiant flux received by a surface per unit area.

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Jim Lovell

James Arthur Lovell Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer.

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John Young (astronaut)

John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer.

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Lists of spacewalks and moonwalks

Lists of spacewalks and moonwalks include: By date. Gemini 10 and Lists of spacewalks and moonwalks are Extravehicular activity.

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Lithium hydroxide

Lithium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula LiOH.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.

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Mass

Mass is an intrinsic property of a body.

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McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Michael Collins (astronaut)

Michael "Mike" Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module ''Columbia'' around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.

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North American X-15

The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.

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Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Norsk Teknisk Museum) is located in Oslo, Norway.

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Orbital inclination

Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.

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Orbital period

The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.

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Oslo

Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Project Gemini

Project Gemini was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly.

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South Atlantic Anomaly

The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is an area where Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to Earth's surface, dipping down to an altitude of.

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Space capsule

A space capsule is a spacecraft designed to transport cargo, scientific experiments, and/or astronauts to and from space.

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Space exploration

Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.

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Space rendezvous

A space rendezvous is a set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft, one of which is often a space station, arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance (e.g. within visual contact).

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Space suit

A space suit or spacesuit is a garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space, vacuum and temperature extremes.

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Spectrometer

A spectrometer is a scientific instrument used to separate and measure spectral components of a physical phenomenon.

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Splashdown

Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft in a body of water, usually by parachute.

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STS-1

STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Gemini 10 and STS-1 are John Young (astronaut).

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Titan II GLV

The Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle) or Gemini-Titan II was an American expendable launch system derived from the Titan II missile, which was used to launch twelve Gemini missions for NASA between 1964 and 1966.

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U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps

With the advent of robotic and human spaceflight a new era of American history had presented itself.

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Voskhod 2

Voskhod 2 (Sunrise-2) was a Soviet crewed space mission in March 1965. Gemini 10 and Voskhod 2 are Extravehicular activity and human spaceflights.

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Zodiacal light

Zodiacal light is a faint glow of diffuse light in the sky scattered by interplanetary dust, particularly a zodiacal cloud, along the ecliptic, and therefore the zodiac.

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1966 NASA T-38 crash

On February 28, 1966, a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. Gemini 10 and 1966 NASA T-38 crash are Project Gemini missions.

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See also

Human spaceflights

John Young (astronaut)

July 1966 events

Project Gemini missions

Spacecraft launched by Titan rockets

Spacecraft which reentered in 1966

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_10

Also known as Gemini X.

, STS-1, Titan II GLV, U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps, Voskhod 2, Zodiacal light, 1966 NASA T-38 crash.