A light went on in Mission Control indicating that Glenn’s heat shield was loose ... was a little-known incident in 1966, during the Gemini missions. Specifically, Gemini 8, whose 50th ...

Half my body stuck out of Gemini 9, and I rode along like a sightseeing ... Our movie camera photographed the fire streaking away from the heat shield to join the tail of flame.

NASA's Gemini 11 mission in 1966 reached 853 miles ... They were protected by the Crew Dragon's heat shield on the bottom of the 13-foot-wide capsule. It slowed down to slow before four parachutes ...