A Cool Gemini Capsule (Literally)
2025-04-05 | #nasa #gemini #space | @Acidus
While traveling to Washington DC to attend today's Hands Off Protests against the semi-sentient spray tan that rules our country, I had the good fortune to also have time to go by the incredible National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall. And I saw a Gemini Capsule that predated capsules like `conman.org` or `mozz.us`, or even @solderpunk own `zaibatsu.circumlunar.space` by over 50 years.
I saw a literal Gemini Capsule: Gemini VII.
Gemini VII Mission on Gemipedia
Side view of Gemini VII Capsule
Museum Plaque for the Gemini VII Capsule
Pictures do not convey how small this thing is.
For here I am sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Also, if you are a plane and/or space and/or military nerd, I cannot over-recommend the National Air and Space Museum branch at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles. You walk in to see a head-on view of an SR-71 Blackbird. Only after you get over this do you realize that **behind** the Blackbird is the Space Shuttle *Discovery*, which went to space 39 times. An F4 Phantom, A P38 Lightning, both a Mercury AND a Gemini capsule, the freaking Enola Gay, the only surviving Horten flying wing. It's an incredible collection. Go treat yourself.
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