Agena Target Vehicle Launch
An Agena Target Vehicle atop its Atlas Launch vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 14 at 10:15 am., May 17, 1966. The Agena was intended as a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini IX spacecraft. However, since the Agena failed to achieve orbit, the Gemini IX mission was postponed.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S66-34610
Date: May 17, 1966
Agena Target Vehicle Launch
An Agena Target Vehicle atop its Atlas Launch vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 14 at 10:15 am., May 17, 1966. The Agena was intended as a rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini IX spacecraft. However, since the Agena failed to achieve orbit, the Gemini IX mission was postponed.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S66-34610
Date: May 17, 1966