ASTRONAUT WALTER M. SCHIRRA, JR. - MISC. - INSERTION (PRELAUNCH) - CAPE
S65-56196 (25 Oct. 1965) --- Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, stand in the white room atop Pad 19 awaiting insertion into their Gemini-6 spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown of the Gemini-Titan-Agena 6 space mission. However, the Gemini-6 liftoff scheduled for Oct. 25 never occurred. The Agena, intended as a rendezvous target vehicle in the mission, failed to achieve orbit. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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October 23, 1965
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