flown missionSuccess
Titan II GLV | Gemini VIII
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Complex 19 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Gemini VIII (Gemini 8)
- Type
- Human Exploration
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Neil A. Armstrong and Pilot David R. Scott. Gemini 8 conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The mission began on March 16, 1966, 16:41:02 UTC and ended on March 17, 1966, 03:22:28 UTC.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
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- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Titan II GLV
- Family
- Titan
- Variant
- GLV
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 19
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.5069, -80.5542