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Gemini VIII (GT-8): attitude control challenges, 47, 345, 357–62, 373;
mission objectives, 41, 47, 280; rendezvous and docking during, 46, 345,
379
Gemini X (GT-10): EVA during, 375; mission objectives, 41, 280; rendezvous
and docking during, 46, 372, 378, 379
Gemini XI (GT-11): altitude record, 372; EVA during, 375; mission objectives,
41, 280; rendezvous and docking during, 46, 372, 378
Gemini XII (GT-12): EVA during, 372, 375; mission objectives, 41, 281;
rendezvous and docking during, 46, 378
guidance systems, 280, 383
landing procedures: accuracy of, 372; controlled landings, 258–59, 379–80;
parachute system, 40; paraglider design, 37, 39–40, 262
launch and flight operations, 378–79, 380
launch vehicles: challenges of, 383; success of, 373; Titan II, 38, 39, 253,
255–56
management of, 122
Mercury compared to, 267–68
mission control operations, 380–81
mission objectives, 37, 257–59, 266–67, 278–82; accomplishment of, 372–73,
377–84; by mission number, 41, 278–81
naming of, 38
operational proficiency, 375–76
program summary, 370–85
Project Office, 256
purpose of, 38, 256, 374, 377
reentry maneuvering envelope, 263
reentry vehicles, 50–51
rendezvous and docking: Agena as target vehicles, 38, 255–56, 373, 383–84;
Aldrin’s contributions to, 45–46; astronaut control during, 45–46; engines
of target vehicles, 383–84; GT-6 and GT-7 missions, 46, 345–57, 375;
guidance systems, 280, 383; maneuvers for, 258, 261; mission objectives, 41,
257–58, 259, 280; procedures and tools for, 45–46; propulsions systems and,
378–79; success of, 45, 46, 297, 298, 345, 372, 375, 378–79
as research and development competition, 376–77
routine nature of spaceflight, 43
space rescue plans, 42–43, 283–88
spacecraft: abort system, 267; Apollo program support from systems
development, 382–84; astronaut control of, 48, 267, 280, 381; design of, 37–
39, 203, 253, 260–63; development of, 256; EVA, modifications for, 39, 268,
272; fuel cells, 37, 39, 267, 383; heat and capsule design, 50; maneuvering
capabilities, 249, 258, 267; modular systems for, 38, 39, 249, 259; oxygen
atmosphere, 654; paraglider design, 37, 39–40, 268; range control, 268;
redundant systems, 43, 288
success of, 48, 370–73, 384–85, 420
television system for flights, 211
timeframe for missions, 37, 262
unsuccessful missions, 373
weightlessness issues, 294, 381
workforce responsible for, 376
Gemini Familiarization Package, 266–68