Gemini 6, 7 & 6A - Rendezvous and Long Duration Missions - Crew Comments and Historical Footage

Documentary about the Gemini 6, 7 & 6A missions, entirely based on crew commentary, historical narration, mission audio and footage.

The missions, part of NASA's Gemini Program, took place in December 1965, with the objective of studying long-duration spaceflight and spacecraft rendezvous, in preparation for the Apollo lunar landings. Gemini 7 was crewed by Frank F. Borman II and James A. Lovell Jr., while Gemini 6A was crewed by Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford.
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CHAPTERS

00:00 Gemini 6
00:47 Gemini 6 Crew, Hardware Tests and Objectives
02:48 Gemini 6 Agena Target Launch
04:37 Gemini 7 Crew, Suit and Objectives
06:14 Gemini 7 Launch
09:48 Gemini 7 Titan Stage Inspection & Missile Tracking
11:15 Gemini 7 First Week
13:37 Gemini 6A
14:14 Gemini 6A 1st Launch Attempt
16:42 Gemini 6A Launch
18:38 Gemini 6A Titan Stage Tracking
19:57 Gemini 6A Maneuvers
23:53 Gemini 6A & 7 Rendezvous
27:53 Gemini 6A Separation Burn
29:10 Gemini 6A Splashdown and Crew Comments
30:09 Gemini 7 Splashdown and Crew Comments
32:50 Gemini 6A & 7 Mission Results

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The footage was AI upscaled (Topaz AI) on some segments, besides the usual color correction. Ambient audio was recreated based on historical elements. Sequences are shown in proper mission context as much as possible.

Historical narration (from mission commentary and NASA documentaries and progress reports) is used in an attempt to capture the feeling of the times. Language and attitudes should be seen in that context.

Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.

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The original Gemini 6 mission, scheduled for launch on October 25, 1965, at 12:41 pm EDT, had a planned mission duration of 46 hours 47 minutes, completing a total of 29 orbits. It was to land in the western Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda.

The mission was to include four dockings with the Agena Target Vehicle.
Original mission plans also included the first live television coverage of the recovery of a US spacecraft at sea from the recovery ship, the US aircraft carrier Wasp.

Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII) was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twenty-first crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line. The crew of Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.

Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini 7. Although the Soviet Union had twice previously launched simultaneous pairs of Vostok spacecraft, these established radio contact with each other, but they had no ability to adjust their orbits in order to rendezvous and came no closer than several kilometers of each other, while the Gemini 6 and 7 spacecraft came as close as one foot (30 cm) and could have docked had they been so equipped.

Gemini 6A was the fifth crewed Gemini flight, the 13th crewed American flight, and the 21st crewed spaceflight of all time (including two X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (54 nautical miles)).
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