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"Gemini B" heatshield

The heatshield of a USAF "Gemini B" capsule. The circular feature near the top of the heatshield was a hatch, intended to give the astronauts access to a space station (MOL, Manned Orbiting Laboratory) attached to the rear.

 

On display at the Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio; read all about it in the scientific tourist #40.

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Uploaded on October 20, 2007
Taken on September 21, 2006