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Gemini VI-A

Titan II GLV

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Status
Success

Rocket Launch Video

Crew

Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra

  • Birthday: 03/12/1923
  • Role: Command Pilot
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/03/1962
  • Last Flight: 10/11/1968

Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astro...

Thomas P. Stafford

Thomas P. Stafford

  • Birthday: 09/17/1930
  • Role: Pilot
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 12/15/1965
  • Last Flight: 07/15/1975

Thomas Patten Stafford was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.

Mission

Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)

  • Type: Human Exploration
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Gemini 6A was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford. The mission achieved the first crewed 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.

Location

Launch Complex 19

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 19 has witnessed the launch of 12 rockets, including 11 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1005 rocket launches.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Titan II GLV

The 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.

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Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The 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.

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