jmc@wuphys.UUCP (Jimmy Chen) (07/29/85)
Does anyone know what the chances of a mission
involving more than one shuttle at a time? I was under
the impression that despite the pictures of shuttles
docking with space stations, they couldn't actually
space dock with each other yet.
Also has NASA ever handle the launch of more than one
manned vehicle? I'm sure they didn't during the
Mercury project. I think they didn't during Gemini.
They only mission like this I can recall is the joint
American-Russian one and the Russians must have handle
the launch of their Soyuz.
Jimmy Chen
(ihnp4!wuphys!jmc)smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin) (07/29/85)
> Also has NASA ever handle the launch of more than one > manned vehicle? I'm sure they didn't during the > Mercury project. I think they didn't during Gemini. > They only mission like this I can recall is the joint > American-Russian one and the Russians must have handle > the launch of their Soyuz. > > Jimmy Chen > (ihnp4!wuphys!jmc) Gemeni 6 was supposed to rendezvous with an Atlas-Agena upper stage, to test docking techniques. But the Agena failed, so they launched Gemeni 7 first; Gemeni 6 was launched a bit later and rendezvoused [sic] with Gemeni 7.
kjm@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Ken Montgomery) (08/04/85)
>Also has NASA ever handle the launch of more than one >manned vehicle? I'm sure they didn't during the >Mercury project. I think they didn't during Gemini. Gemini 6 and 7 were aloft at the same time. One of the two (I forget which one) was used as the rendezvous target for the other, since the Agena it was to dock with failed. -- Ken Montgomery "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs" ...!{ihnp4,allegra,seismo!ut-sally}!ut-ngp!kjm [Usenet, when working] kjm@ut-ngp.ARPA [for Arpanauts only]