Gemini land landing art
Presumably from NASA or McDonnell, this illustration shows the recovery mode which was originally planned for Project Gemini spacecraft. Using an inflatable "Rogallo Wing", Gemini was to have made a somewhat controlled landing at one of the government-owned dry lake beds. Weight growth and development delays led NASA to go with the traditional parachute landing, at sea.
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Gemini land landing art
Presumably from NASA or McDonnell, this illustration shows the recovery mode which was originally planned for Project Gemini spacecraft. Using an inflatable "Rogallo Wing", Gemini was to have made a somewhat controlled landing at one of the government-owned dry lake beds. Weight growth and development delays led NASA to go with the traditional parachute landing, at sea.
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Uploaded on January 12, 2015