Gemini VI-ATitan II GLVNational Aeronautics and Space Administration Launch Status Success Wed ยท Dec 15th, 1965 8:37 AM EST Watch Online Crew Wally Schirra Command PilotStatus: Deceased 3/12/1923 - 5/3/2007 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/3/1962 Last Flight: 10/11/1968Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put human beings in space. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7. At the time of his mission in Sigma 7, Schirra became the fifth American and ninth human to travel into space. In the two-man Gemini program, he achieved the first space rendezvous, station-keeping his Gemini 6A spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of the sister Gemini 7 spacecraft in December 1965. In October 1968, he commanded Apollo 7, an 11-day low Earth orbit shakedown test of the three-man Apollo Command/Service Module and the first manned launch for the Apollo program. Thomas P. Stafford PilotStatus: Retired 9/17/1930 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 12/15/1965 Last Flight: 7/15/1975Thomas Patten Stafford is an American former Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. MissionGemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)Type: Human ExplorationGemini 6A was the fifth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commaned by Command Pilot Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford. The mission achieved the first rewed rendezvous with the Gemini 7 spacecraft. The mission began on December 15, 1965, 13:37:26 UTC and ended on December 16, 1965, 15:28:50 UTC. LocationSpace Launch Complex 19Cape Canaveral, FL, USA214 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. RocketTitan IILength: 33.2 meters Diameter: 3.05 meters First Launch: April 8, 1964The Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle) or Gemini-Titan II was an American expendable launch system derived from the Titan II missile, which was used to launch twelve Gemini missions for NASA between 1964 and 1966. Two unmanned launches followed by ten manned ones were conducted from Launch Complex 19 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, starting with Gemini 1 on April 8, 1964.The Titan II rocket has been launched a total of 10 times with 10 successful and 0 failed launches. AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationType: Government Abbreviation: NASA Administration: Administrator: Jim Bridenstine Founded: 1958 Launchers: Space Shuttle | SLS Spacecraft: Orion Country: USAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. View Rocket Launch Schedule