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Old August 21st 03, 04:59 PM
Jan Philips
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Default Re; Gemini 8 reentry

On 21 Aug 2003 08:00:42 -0700, (Rusty B) wrote:

They docked with the Agena at 6:33 into the flight. The problem
happened 27-minutes later. They landed at 10:23 MET (mission elapsed
time). Retro-fire happened about 30 - 45 minutes prior to landing.


Thanks for all of the information. So they made nearly 2 more orbits
before firing retros.