- Title: VM-709A
- Summary: GEMINI XI: ROCKETSHIP TAKING OFF. CHARLES CONRAD. RICHARD GORDON. M-1. MISSION CONTROL. RADAR CONTROL. MAN FLOATING AROUND OUTSIDE SPACE CRAFT. EARTH IN BACKGROUND. BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF EARTH. HELICOPTERS TAKING OFF FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIER. SPLASHDOWN. ASTRONAUTS CARRIED UP TO HELICOPTER. ASTRONAUTS GREET PEOPLE AT THEIR RETURN. CAPSULE BEING RETRIEVED FROM WATER.
- Description:01:00:07 - GEMINI XI, ROCKET ON LAUNCH PAD, GANTRY MOVES AWAY 01:00:22 - GEMINI XI ROCKET SHIP LAUNCH 01:00:36 - GEMINI ON LAUNCH PAD 01:00:43 - CU OF GEMINI XI 01:00:47 - ECU OF CHARLES CONRAD OR RICHARD GORDON IN HELMET IN SPACE SHIP 01:01:00 - NOSE OF SPACE SHIP WITH TETHERS, LAUNCH PAD 01:01:10 - MISSION CONTROL CLIPS, MEN TALK ON HEAD PHONES, CREW CUTS 01:01:22 - GEMINI XI BLAST OFF 01:02:00 - MISSION CONTROL 01:02:12 - GRAPHIC OF ROCKETSHIP'S ORBIT 01:02:26 - REENACTMENT USING MODELS 01:02:43 - STILL OF ROCKETSHIP INTERIOR WITH ASTRONAUT, SOUND BITE "ROGER, OUTSTANDING" 01:02:55 - MISSION CONTROL, MEN IN SHORT SLEEVE SHIRTS AT WORK 01:02:59 - ROCKET SHIP IN SPACE 01:03:21 - MISSION CONTROL 01:03:26 - FOOTAGE OF ACTUAL DOCKING POV SHIP, 01:03:45 - MS OF NASA ENGINEERS AT WORK, MISSION CONTROL 01:03:50 - GRAPHIC OF MAP AND ORBIT 01:04:01 - STILL OF NOSE OF SHIP, CAMERA ZOOMS IN 01:04:18 - HEAVY EQUIPMENT SILHOUETTED AGAINST MORNING SUNRISE 01:04:28 - WS OF MISSION CONTROL 01:04:34 - MS OF MAN AT MONITOR, WEARING HEADSET, LISTENING 01:04:41 - CU OF ENGINEERS AT WORK 01:04:47 - MAN IN SPACE ON ORBITING ROCKET SHIP, ASTRONAUT RICHARD GORDON CONNECTING UMBILICAL LINE, EARTH IN THE BACKGROUND, AUDIO CLIP OF CONVERSATION, ASTRONAUT BREATHING HEAVY, "YOU GOT TO SEE HIM, RIDING IT LIKE A COWBOY" 01:07:11 - GRAPHIC OF SPACE SHIP IN ORBIT OVER MAP 01:07:18 - SPACE, POV SHIP 01:07:28 - NIGHTTIME SKY 01:07:38 - SUNRISE, POV SPACE SHIP ? 01:08:17 - SONAR SCREEN WITH ORBIT 01:08:24 - VIEW OF EARTH FROM SPACE, POV GEMINI XI, EARLY PICTURES OF EARTH, SOUND BITES FROM ASTRONAUTS, "SPECTACULAR" 01:09:28 - SONAR SCREEN WITH ORBIT 01:09:43 - EARTH'S SURFACE 01:09:50 - GEMINI XI IN SPACE 01:10:03 - PHOTOS OF EARTH 01:10:13 - MISSION CONTROL 01:10:22 - POV SPACE SHIP IN ORBIT 01:10:34 - ORBIT TRACKS 01:10:40 - POV SPACE SHIP OF TETHERED AGENA ROCKET, AUDIO FROM ASTRONAUTS 01:12:05 - MS OF ENGINEERS AT NASA 01:12:14 - WS OF MISSION CONTROL 01:12:19 - MS OF MISSION CONTROL ENGINEERS AT WORK 01:12:29 - STILL OF AGENA ROCKET ON TETHER, OVER EARTH 01:12:51 - MONITORS FLASHING, MISSION CONTROL 01:13:07 - EARTH'S SURFACE FROM SPACE SHIP 01:13:15 - POV AIRCRAFT CARRIER, HELICOPTERS ON DECK 01:13:25 - MISSION CONTROL, ENGINEERS WATCH LARGE MONITORS 01:13:44 - PARACHUTE WITH CAPSULE, SPLASHDOWN 01:13:56 - HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER CAPSULE IN WATER, DROPPING SWIMMERS 01:14:24 - HELICOPTER PILOT 01:14:26 - ASTRONAUTS LIFTED FROM WATER TO NAVY HELICOPTER 01:14:39 - ASTRONAUTS CONRAD AND GORDON EXIT NAVY HELICOPTER, SMILING IN WHITE SUITS 01:14:59 - ASTRONAUTS AND NAVAL OFFICERS WALK ON DECK OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER, POSE FOR PICTURES 01:15:18 - GEMINI XI CAPSULE LIFTED FROM WATER AND LOWERED ON DECK OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER 01:16:04 - NASA LOGO 01:16:10 - BLANK 01:16:13 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-709A