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dtemple
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posted 08-14-2021 09:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dtemple   Click Here to Email dtemple     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Is this four-panel experiment removed from the Gemini 8 Agena target vehicle during Mike Collins' EVA on Gemini 10 on display anywhere? If in storage, where?
Four panels of experiment S-10 carried on the Agena Target Vehicle launched for the Gemini 8 mission. This package of test panels was retrieved from the Gemini 8 Agena by astronaut Michael Collins during the Gemini 10 mission. Experimenters expected micrometeorites to bombard the panels during their stay in space.

oly
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posted 08-14-2021 11:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for oly   Click Here to Email oly     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
According to the Dudley Obseratory:
This S-10 may be the only one that made it back to earth. It is now on display in the museum’s gallery...

moorouge
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posted 08-18-2021 06:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for moorouge   Click Here to Email moorouge     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
According to contemporary reports this British experiment was thrown out with the rubbish before re-entry.

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posted 08-18-2021 10:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Dudley Observatory issued their report on this experiment, dated 28 October 1968, as NASA CR-108531.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-18-2021 10:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by moorouge:
...was thrown out with the rubbish before re-entry.
The Gemini 10 mission report states that the S-10 experiment returned to Earth (as it was undergoing further study at the time the report was written). The photo above is also captioned in the report as having been taken post-flight.

GT76
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posted 08-19-2021 06:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GT76   Click Here to Email GT76     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Robert is correct. It was the S-12 micrometeorite collector mounted on the Gemini adapter directly behind Collins hatch which he also retrieved but this apparently floated out of the hatch and was lost.

dtemple
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posted 08-23-2021 10:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dtemple   Click Here to Email dtemple     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the replies. Good to know the S-10 is in a museum.

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