1966 - NASA, GEMINI VIII: THIS IS HOUSTON Pt. 1 of 2

1966 - NASA, GEMINI VIII: THIS IS HOUSTON Pt. 1 of 2 Simulation Gemini 8 take off - excellent shots. Mission control simulating launch & abort of mission. Flight simulation control room. 10:08:03 CU lof astronaut thru face mask. Engineers talking on radio. CU abort button. Giving instructions. CU of water. Retrofire order given. VO “This was not an actual Gemini mission, nobody left the ground...” 10:09:38 Experts around table analyze Gemini VIII flight aborting. Simulated problems fed into computer, mission control & astronauts in simulator. Engineers at consoles. 10:10:45 USS Boxer (CV-21) from air; four (?) helicopters lifting off deck training for recovery operations. Woman at wall map placing markers in West Atlantic Zone 1 & others shown. 10:11:48 USS Mason (DE-529) practicing retrievals of capsules, placing on deck. Cape Kennedy & rescue vehicles; POV from helicopter. View from space capsule thru clouds. Clouds moving. Commercial fisher w/ sea gulls following. Parachute descending over desert. Recovery training in desert wearing robes made from parachutes. 10:13:34 NASA engineering team at console w/ maps. Panel w/ buttons for various control centers. Red telephone. 10:14:14 16Mar66 Atlas/Aegina on launch pad 14, crew enters. Rocket launch & take off (scratched), followed. People watching. 10:16:04 Interior mission control. Inside CU Astronaut. Flight director. Frogmen on boat waiting on water. Mission control - recovery sites waiting. Gemini launch & lift off (scratched) repeated. Rocket tracked, people watch. Stage ignited. Launch site abort teams in military vehicles released & drives off along sand. Space Race; NASA Mission Planning; Astronauts Training; Technology; 1960s; Military;