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Gemini 9
Augmented Target Docking Adapter as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft

The Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft during one of their three rendezvous in space. Failure of the docking adapter protective cover to fully separate on the ATDA prevented the docking of the two spacecraft. The ATDA was described by the Gemini 9 crew as an "angry alligator".



Catalog Date: 06 March 1966
Film Type: 70mm
NASA image: S66-37966


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