Test Plan Gemini B Adapter Separation Test - Abort Mode.

Abstract

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)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 04, 1968
Accession Number
AD0856756

Entities

Organizations

  • McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Bulkheads
  • Environment
  • Heat Shields
  • Sequences
  • Sled Tests
  • Spacecraft
  • Walls

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Space Objects