The Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) was an Agena-D rocket equipped with a docking adapter into which the nosecone of a Gemini capsule could fit. The unmanned GATV would be launched separately ...

then Gemini 8 would launch, catch up to the Agena, and gently slide its nose into a docking collar on the Agena’s nose. This extremely delicate maneuver would be performed by mission commander ...

along with David Scott successfully docked the Gemini 8 spacecraft with an uncrewed ‘target vehicle’ called Agena. Without docking, moon landing would not have been possible, because the ...

Here are the following major challenges: During the Gemini 8 mission, the primary challenge arose shortly after the successful docking with the Agena target vehicle. The spacecraft began to spin ...