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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- In this in-depth video, we unravel the dramatic and near-fatal events of NASA's Gemini 8 mission. Discover what went wrong during this historic spaceflight and how the quick-thinking of astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott averted a potential disaster. Gemini 8, launched on March 16, 1966, was meant to be a milestone in space exploration but instead became a nail-biting thriller that tested the limits of human endurance and engineering.
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Topics Covered:
Introduction to the Gemini program and its goals
The crew: Neil Armstrong and David Scott
Objectives of Gemini 8: The first docking in space
The mission's timeline and critical moments
The malfunction: A thruster issue that spiraled out of control
Armstrong's heroic efforts to regain control
The emergency landing and aftermath
Lessons learned and impacts on future missions
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Gemini 8
NASA
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Space mission
Thruster malfunction
Space disaster
Near-fatal space mission
Gemini program
Space history
NASA missions
Space exploration
Historical space missions
Space crisis
Gemini 8 docking
Agena target vehicle
NASA's Gemini missions
Spacecraft emergency
Astronaut heroism
Space mission analysis
Gemini 8 incident
Gemini 8 emergency
Spaceflight malfunction
Gemini 8 re-entry
NASA's close call
The stuck thruster was on the Service Module of the Gemini Spacecraft. Neil Armstrong used the RCS System located on the Gemini Capsule itself, to stabilize the out of control spacecraft. What is often overlooked in reviews like this, the errant stuck thruster exhausted its own fuel supply as part of the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS), so the problem corrected itself. Both Astronauts were extremely lucky the Service Module had two redundant OMS thruster networks. When one of the two networks or loops exhausted its fuel, the stuck thruster stopped thrusting. I don’t know if the RCS was sufficient to orient and return the Spacecraft to earth, but I do know the Service Module had two halves: the thruster OMS Half and the Retro Rocket Half. The Thruster OMS Section had to be jettisoned before the Retro Rocket Section could be utilized and ignited for the Retro Rocket burn.