Gemini 8 Next / Telescope in Space / U.S. Space Port

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Gemini 8 Next / Telescope in Space / U.S. Space Port

1966

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3938600

This film is comprised of three segments: The first focuses on Gemini 8 pilots Neil Armstrong and David Scott, the second on the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO), and the third, on the construction of the first operational spaceport.

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National Archives at College Park

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