Space Milestone: Orbiting Gemini VII Set To Rendezvous
Space Milestone: Orbiting Gemini VII Set To Rendezvous
Space Milestone: Orbiting Gemini VII Set To Rendezvous. The most ambitious U.S. Space Project to date gets off w/ the highly successful launch of Gemini VII. With Spacemen Frank Borman & James A. Lovell, Jr. aboard, the vehicle goes smoothly into orbit & the two men settle down for a record-breaking 14 days in space. No sooner are they launched than workmen go to work on Pad 19 to prepare it for the launching of Gemini VI which will attempt a rendezvous w/ the Gemini VII. MS/CUs - astronaut FRANK BORMAN being suited-up w/ help of technician. MS/CUs - astronaut JAMES A. LOVELL JR. being suited-up. TLS newsreel & TV cameramen perched on hill, cameras on tripods. MS - Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman & James Lovell wearing strange G5C lightweight pressure space suits & bubble helmets exiting transport car, walking toward elevator; tilt up as elevator ascends launch pad gantry. MS/CUs - Gemini VII astronauts milling outside capsule, technicians making final adjustments-- note that some have "McDonnell" printed on back of white jumpsuits, others have "NASA"; astronauts squeeze into capsule. High angle TLS - technicians locking capsule door. Rear view TLS - NASA mission control room, engineers & technicians at computers. TLS - rocket launch. MS crowd smiling, watching, one man with binoculars. Tilting LS - Titan rocket ascending. TLSs - technicians making repairs to pad nineteen, some welding. TLSs - second Titan rocket being delivered to launch pad. Nice side view TLS - large TV camera mounted on car. TLS/LSs - capsule being raised along gantry.