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Overall walk-around of Gemini 8.

Picture 4 of 11.

Gemini 8 is displayed without its heatshield.

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.

For a number of years, the black screen above and in front of Gemini 8 depicted a photo of an Agena target vehicle in Earth orbit, shot from a Gemini spacecraft during rendezvous.