1965 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)
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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.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 15, 1965 at 01:37 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 19
- Mission
- Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit