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The Road to Apollo – Gemini’s Rendezvous Docking Simulator

The Road to Apollo
After Mercury came Gemini, the project that would put to the test the maneuvers that would be required if Apollo was to be successful. Gemini astronauts would have to practice the rendezvous and docking techniques necessary to link two spacecraft.

After Mercury came Gemini, the project that would put to the test the maneuvers that would be required if Apollo was to be successful.
Gemini astronauts would have to practice the rendezvous and docking techniques necessary to link two spacecraft.
Langley researchers built the Rendezvous Docking Simulator giving astronauts a routine opportunity to pilot dynamically-controlled scale-model vehicles in an environment that closely paralleled that of space.Image Credit: NASA