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Forum:	Mercury - Gemini - Apollo
Topic:	What purpose was the Gemini FA-1A capsule?

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by dtemple: [B]A Field Guide to American Spacecraft shows in the [URL=http://www.americanspacecraft.org/pages/gemini/index.html]Gemini boilerplate section[/URL] a spacecraft designated as a "Flight Article" to be used "if Gemini 1 failed to reenter." Gemini 1 was not even separated from its Titan II second stage — it was not meant for recovery. So, what was FA-1A's purpose? If Gemini 2 had failed in some way during its suborbital flight, was FA-1A to be used for a repeat test of the heat shield?[/B][/QUOTE]
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