Titan II GLV | Gemini VIII

Titan II GLV | Gemini VIII

Launch Complex 19
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

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Gemini VIII (Gemini 8)

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.

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Gemini SC8


Serial 8

Launch Crew Count 2

Status Single Use

Landing Time 1966-03-17T03:22:00+0000


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Crew

Neil Armstrong

Command Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1930-08-05

Deceased 2012-08-25

Status Deceased

Type Government


David Scott

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1932-06-06

Status Retired

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


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Gemini

Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961 and concluded in 1966.

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