ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 11月15日 16時49分

Photograph by @simonnorfolkstudio

On this day (15th November) in 1966 NASA's second manned spaceflight programme, Project Gemini, concluded with the safe return to Earth of Astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin E. Aldrin. Gemini XII was the 18th manned US spaceflight, and the 26th spaceflight of all time. The flight featured three “spacewalks” - periods of extravehicular activity (EVA) by Edwin"Buzz" Aldrin, lasting a total of 5 and a half hours, thereby successfully demonstrating that astronauts can effectively work outside of spacecraft. This helped pave the way for the Apollo program to achieve its goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s.

Here photographed the rusting remains of Launch Complex 19 (LC-19), a National Historical Monument, where all the manned Project Gemini launches were made. After being initially converted for the Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program, LC-19 was later designated for the Gemini space flights. After the program concluded in 1966, LC-19 was deactivated. The tower, here lying on its back, would for launch have stood upright and supported the rocket on the pad and its umbilicals. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

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