• Digital model of the Gemini command pilot’s hatch, shown locked and unlocked. Compare with the NASA photo below.

• Also see the Gemini hatch shingles.
• See the use of the Gemini hatch model in our Gemini Space Walk Simulation.

• The NASA photo above shows the Gemini XII command pilot’s hatch after recovery of the spacecraft.
• The hatch mounts 12 latches that lock the hatch during flight. The photo shows the latches unlocked.

• Computer model of the shingles on the command pilot’s hatch.

• Modeled using SolidWorks; based on  over 100 dimensioned McDonnell Aircraft  engineering drawings.

For more information on our exhibit design technique:

• NASA photo of the Gemini VIII command pilot’s hatch during assembly.
• See more views of the Gemini shingles.