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Gemini 8 is displayed without its heatshield.

Picture 1 of 3.

This photo is a detail of the structure beneath.

For an example of an unflown Gemini heatshield, see the heatshield on the Gemini trainer at Goddard Space Flight Center. For an example of a Gemini spacecraft with a flown, ablated heatshield, see my photos of Gemini 6 when it was displayed at the Oklahoma History Center. Finally, the St. Louis Science Center displays a small section of Gemini 8's heatshield.