Space Forum / Space History / May 2004

The Gemini Familiarization Manuals Vol. 1 & 2
shows 5 or 6 unique adapter section layouts
for batteries and fuel cells installed in
Gemini's 3 through 12. Each spacecraft is
almost unique.

You can download these manuals from
Bob Andrepont's MANNED SPACEFLIGHT PDF DOCUMENTS
website at:

http://www.geocities.com/bobandrepont/spacepdf.htm

I have added these various Gemini adapter diagrams
(Gemini 3 through 12) to my Titan II ICBM History Website:

http://www.geocities.com/titan_2_missile/gemini.htm

http://www.geocities.com/titan_2_missile/index.html

I will be adding more Gemini diagrams in the coming days.

Gemini 3 & 4 had the same battery rack, so Gemini 3 must
have at least had the battery power for a 4-day mission.

Gemini 6 only had half as many batteries loaded onboard as
Gemini 3 & 4.

Gemini 5 & 7, being longer missions, had larger oxygen and hydrogen
tanks than other missions with fuel cells.

It's interesting to see the layout differences between various missions.

- Rusty Barton