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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 10 was the eighth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. It was commanded by Command Pilot John W. Young and Pilot Michael Collins. Gemini 10 achieved the objectives planned for the last two missions - rendezvous and docking with Agena target vehicle, and EVA. The mission started on July 18, 1966, 22:20:26 UTC and ended on July 21, 1966, 21:07:05 UTC.
Serial 10
Launch Crew Count 2
Status Single Use
Landing Time 1966-07-21T21:07:00+0000
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1930-09-24
Deceased 2018-01-05
Status Deceased
Type Government
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1930-10-31
Deceased 2021-04-28
Status Deceased
Type Government
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
Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961 and concluded in 1966.