which was then making the first-ever two-week space flight. Gemini 8 would be the most complicated mission to date — the first time two objects docked in orbit. A radio-controlled “Agena ...

A new trans-Atlantic space initiative has launched, linking Texas and France in an ambitious effort to fuel startup growth, drive research and forge international partnerships. Announced at the 2025 ...

As the name suggests, space docking is essentially a process by which two fast-moving spacecraft are put into the same orbit, ...

November 11-15: On the last Gemini flight, Jim Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin dock with an Agena and Aldrin makes three space walks, performing a number of physical tasks without undue effort.

a space radar. NASA had planned extensively for the Gemini rendezvous maneuvers, building a special spacecraft just for the purpose. The Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) was an Agena-D rocket ...

Tumbling Through Space On the next Gemini mission, Neil Armstrong and David Scott docked their craft with an unmanned Agena craft before a harrowing problem with the engine cut the mission short.