Titan II GLV | Gemini IX-A
Launch Complex 19
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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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.
Gemini IX-A (Gemini 9A)
Gemini 9A was the seventh crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Thomas P. Stafford and Pilot Eugene Cernan. The astronauts rendezvoused with the Augmented Docking Target Adapter, but were unable to dock due to docking target's fairing which failed to deploy. The mission started on June 3, 1966, 13:39:33 UTC and ended on June 6, 1966, 14:00:23 UTC.
Gemini SC9
Serial 9
Launch Crew Count 2
Status Single Use
Landing Time 1966-06-06T14:00:00+0000
Crew
Thomas P. Stafford
Command Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1930-09-17
Deceased 2024-03-18
Status Deceased
Type Government
Gene Cernan
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1934-03-14
Deceased 2017-01-16
Status Deceased
Type Government
Titan II GLV
Height 33.20 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 1913 kN
Diameter 3.05 Meters
Mass To LEO 3850 kg
Liftoff Mass 154 Tonnes
Launch Success 12
Consecutive Success 12
Maiden Flight 1964-04-08
Launch Failures 0
Programs
Gemini
Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961 and concluded in 1966.
