The test described demonstrates the off-the-pad abort capability of the Gemini B spacecraft. A simulated Gemini B, including a heat shield and a large pressure bulkhead, attached to steel structure will be mounted on the HAFB sled test track. The adapter, attached between the Gemini and the fixed laboratory will be severed and the Gemini B Reentry Module will be propelled down the track by the retrograde rockets. Data will be collected during the test which will determine the following: The test sequence events, the abort environment on the heat shield, retrograde rocket area, blast shield and adapter. (Author)


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    Title :

    Test Plan Gemini B Adapter Separation Test - Abort Mode


    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    75 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English