The Gemini test article (bottom left, orange and white) was delivered to the Virginia Air and Space Center on the morning of November 10, 2014.
Video of the test article’s arrival is also available on the NASA Langley YouTube channel, at: http://youtu.be/5GK2VpiWRX0
On display:
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Mercury 14 capsule (not pictured) — used to test a launch escape system and made two pilotless flights from Wallops aboard a Little Joe rocket.More on Mercury
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Gemini test vehicle (bottom left) — a capsule mock-up used in 12 vertical and five angled drop tests during the development of the Gemini reentry parachute.More on Gemini
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Apollo 12 command module (middle left) — the command module that carried the Apollo 12 crew to lunar orbit and back in November 1969.More on Apollo 12
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Orion Pad Abort-1 flight test vehicle (top left) — built at NASA Langley, this vehicle tested the Orion launch abort system in flight May 6, 2010, at New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range.More on Orion PA-1 test
Credit: NASA/David C. Bowman