17 May 1966: Command Pilot Tom Stafford & Pilot Gene Cernan aimed to achieve rendezvous & docking with an Agena Target Vehicle; the Atlas-Agena rocket lifted off from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, but failed to reach orbit; N.A.S.A. had a contingency plan after the similar Gemini VI Agena failure: the Augmented Target Docking Adapter, which launched successfully atop an Atlas on 1 June.
Potshot, "Don't Fail to Ride" from Dance to the Potshot Record (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
Semper exploro.
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