He was involved with telemetry and data reduction on the Snark missile program, docking techniques for the Gemini program, the Agena rocket, Hubble Space Telescope, spy satellites and space shuttle.

View [Gemini VIII] THE FIRST SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHED FROM SPACE BY HUMANS: Agena Target Vehicle Over Earth Before History's First Docking (1966) By Scott David; Vintage chromogenic print; 20.3 x 25.4 ...

Soon after that, Gemini 11 in September 1966 achieved an Agena-D docking on its first orbit, 85 minutes after launch, simulating an emergency rendezvous between an Apollo LM and CSM.

Pictures of the docking process (see succeeding pages) reflected Gemini’s cautious approach and clearly showed the green lights on the Agena’s instrument panel signaling that all was well.

Gemini 8’s ordeal began shortly after its docking triumph, when Armstrong and Scott began a program of planned maneuvers to test the stability of the Gemini-Agena system.

After a six-hour chase, the Gemini crew caught up with the Agena target vehicle, and the two spacecraft successfully docked. Then the problems started.

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) latest mission, called the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), had started with the deployment of the two small spacecraft, called Target and ...

ISRO SpaDeX Docking Mission Explained: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday (January 16) morning successfully demonstrated space docking — or the joining of two fast-moving ...

During the Gemini 8 mission, the primary challenge arose shortly after the successful docking with the Agena target vehicle. The spacecraft began to spin uncontrollably due to a malfunctioning ...

India’s space docking — a ‘fourth country’ feat for the fourth time After Mangalyaan in 2013, the anti-satellite test in 2019, the moon lander in 2023, this is the fourth such iinstance of ...

1966: Gemini 8 (USA): Neil Armstrong, who later became the first man on the moon, piloted the Gemini 8 spacecraft to the first-ever successful docking with an Agena target vehicle.