“A YEAR OF QUALIFICATION TESTING” 1965 NASA PROJECT GEMINI MANNED SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM XD17324

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This 1965 NASA Film looks at the preparations for the Apollo Program and how the groundwork was laid for this during the Gemini Program. It starts with the major milestones of the Gemini program including manned missions, space walks, and longer periods in space for astronauts. It then looks at the development of the Saturn I rocket with footage of its components, the testing of the different components, and some launches. After this, there is detailed footage of the newly developed Saturn V rocket, including its stages and components being tested. It ends with some large construction sites at Cape Canaveral that will be needed to accommodate the eventual start of the lunar missions. This includes a new launch complex as well as the testing of the rocket transporters. 0:08 NASA Logo, 0:33 different forms of rocketry hardware, 0:43 a rocket engine igniting, 1:08 “Manned Space Flight: A Year of Qualification Testing”, 1:32 a rocket from the Gemini program sitting on the Launchpad and then taking off, 2:12 first stage separating, 2:27 footage of the earth from a spacecraft, 2:48 an astronaut performing a spacewalk, 3:08 astronauts boarding a rocket, 3:24 Gemini 7 launching, 3:44 Gemini 6 being erected on the Launchpad, 4:03 Houston Mission Control Center, 4:15 footage from the international NASA tracking network centers, 4:45 one of the Gemini orbit vehicles in space, 5:28 a slow motion video of a Gemini Orbit Vehicle entering the atmosphere, 5:36 astronauts being lifted onto a helicopter after reentry, 6:11 Saturn I rocket on the Launchpad, 6:40 ground testing of the Saturn I, 7:01 Saturn I rocket launching, 7:29 stages separating filmed from onboard cameras, 7:55 another Saturn I rocket taking off, 8:22 an upgraded Saturn I experimental rocket for the Apollo program, 9:16 engineers operating computers, 9:42 slow motion water drop test of the Apollo command module, 10:00 different parts including propulsion, communications system, spacecraft propulsion module reaction control system, stabilization system, and the engines, 10:40 Apollo launch escape system being tested at White Sands, New Mexico, 11:32 testing of small parts like guidance systems, liquid oxygen tank pressurization, and rocket fins, 12:04 the completed Apollo upgraded Saturn I, 12:36 the engines of the Apollo Saturn V, 12:42 subsystems of the Saturn V being shown like liquid hydrogen tanks. Guidance and navigation equipment, lunar module engines, and the lunar module landing system, 13:21 prototype space suits being evaluated, 13:45 ground testing for Saturn V in progress including umbilical plugs, engine activation components, the second stage separation system, and the full thrust static firings of all stages, 14:47 full firing of the engines of the second stage, 15:17 structural testing of the first stage of the Saturn V, the ruptured second stage which failed structural testing, 16:17 command and propulsion modules being manufactured, 16:51 first stage of a Saturn V, 17:13 the assembly of the instrument units, 17:46 Mississippi test facility construction site, 18:13 construction of a large environmental chamber, 18:30 inside of the central instrumentation facility, 18:39 construction site of the Saturn V launch complex, 18:55 inside of the launch complex, 19:08 Launch Pad A construction site, 19:28 transporter being tested and moving an umbilical tower, 19:54 engineers meeting with each other, 20:13 an orbital vehicle in space, 21:00 NASA Log The Gemini program ran from 1961-1966 with the objective of developing space travel techniques to support the Apollo mission to land astronauts on the Moon. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit