Gemini I

Name: Titan II GLV | Gemini I
Start: 1964-04-08T16:00:00+00:00
End: 1964-04-08T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Launch Complex 19

Titan II GLV

United States Air Force

Launch Status

Success

Wed • Apr 8th, 1964
4:00 PM UTC

Mission

Gemini I

Type: Test Flight

Gemini 1 was the first mission in NASA’s Gemini program. An uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft, its main objectives were to test the structural integrity of the new spacecraft and modified Titan II launch vehicle. It was also the first test of the new tracking and communication systems for the Gemini program and provided training for the ground support crews for the first crewed missions.