Gemini VI Back-Up Crew
Astronauts John W. Young (left) and Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom take part in training exercises as the back-up Crew for the Gemini VI mission which was planned to feature the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. (Five days after this picture was taken the docking target (Agena Target Vehicle) failed during launch and Gemini VI was replanned to fly a mission to rendezvous with Gemini VII in December 1965. It became the first successful rendezvous between two crewed spacecraft.)
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 65-H-GT6
Date: October 20, 1965
Gemini VI Back-Up Crew
Astronauts John W. Young (left) and Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom take part in training exercises as the back-up Crew for the Gemini VI mission which was planned to feature the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. (Five days after this picture was taken the docking target (Agena Target Vehicle) failed during launch and Gemini VI was replanned to fly a mission to rendezvous with Gemini VII in December 1965. It became the first successful rendezvous between two crewed spacecraft.)
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 65-H-GT6
Date: October 20, 1965