Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (left), pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, command pilot, discuss their scheduled rendezvous and docking mission before news media representatives at an MSC press conference. The May 17 Gemini-9 mission was postponed because the Agena Target Vehicle failed to achieve orbit. The mission (to be called Gemini-9A) has been rescheduled for May 31, and an Augmented Target Docking Adapter will be used as the rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini-9 spacecraft.
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Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (left), pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, command pilot, discuss their scheduled rendezvous and docking mission before news media representatives at an MSC press conference. The May 17 Gemini-9 mission was postponed because the Agena Target Vehicle failed to achieve orbit. The mission (to be called Gemini-9A) has been rescheduled for May 31, and an Augmented Target Docking Adapter will be used as the rendezvous and docking vehicle for the Gemini-9 spacecraft.