Gemini II B MOL

Click here to watch:

https://youtu.be/URkD5W8FAFI?t=1926

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-nasa-benefits-from-mol-cancellation

At Cape Canaveral, a unique rocket configuration was rolled out to the launch pad. Atop the standard Titan IIIC solid rocket boosters was a hollow mock-up of the MOL laboratory, and atop that, workers attached an unmanned Gemini-B capsule. Designers needed to test whether the Gemini's heat shield would still work after the MOL's access hatch had been cut into it. Unlike most NASA launches, there were no astronauts on display.

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Andy Anderson

USS LaSalle LPD-3

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" Blast from the Past" See photos here: http://www.usslasallelpd3.com/class_gallery.cfm?gallery_id=27635&community=y