Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer

This artifact is a full-scale mockup of the Gemini spacecraft reentry vehicle, but lacks the white adapter modules of the complete orbital spacecraft. This mockup is a non-functional model recreating the basic appearance of the vehicle and was used for astronaut training. The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, transferred title to the Smithsonian in 1975.

The Gemini program was the second U.S. human spaceflight program. In preparation for the Apollo lunar landings, it had as its the aim launching a series of two-man spacecraft into Earth orbit to practice rendezvous, long duration flight and space walking (EVAs). Ten manned Gemini missions achieved all of these objectives in 1965-66.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Test Vehicles Manufacturer McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
 Dimensions Overall: 130 in. tall x 89 in. diameter (330.2 x 226.06cm)
 Materials steel?
 Inventory Number A19750652000 Credit Line Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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