Gemini X

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Gemini X was the third to last manned flight of Project Gemini. John Young would command this flight with Michael Collins as his Pilot. This mission set bold objectives which were supposed to be accomplished in the previous two missions. This mission would include two rendezvous and two EVAs. The first rendezvous and EVA were simple and executed with ease. The crew docked with their Agena craft for their first rendezvous and Collins stood in the open hatch and took pictures during his first EVA. Soon, they undocked from the Agena and set a course for the Gemini VIII Agena. After some difficulty, they found it and floated 3 meters away from it. Collins began his second EVA where he retrieved a Micrometeorite Collector from their Agena, but he also space walked over to the other Agena and collected the Micrometeorite Collector from that craft as well. A gas gun, used for mobility, was also being tested. Collins used it to move around the Gemini X craft, but it would fail after 25 minutes which would end the EVA. It would take eight minutes to finally close the hatch once Collins was inside again showing the difficulties of space walks. A few other experiments were conducted during the mission, and this mission showed that radiation at high altitude was not a problem. No major problems occurred during the flight, and they returned to Earth after three days in space.