Augmented Target Docking Adapter
The Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft. The docking adapter protective cover failed to fully separate on the ATDA and prevented the docking of the two spacecraft. The ATDA was described by the Gemini 9 crew as an "angry alligator."
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S66-37970
Date: June 3, 1966
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Augmented Target Docking Adapter
The Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft. The docking adapter protective cover failed to fully separate on the ATDA and prevented the docking of the two spacecraft. The ATDA was described by the Gemini 9 crew as an "angry alligator."
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S66-37970
Date: June 3, 1966
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Uploaded on September 10, 2014
Taken on June 3, 1966