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GEMINI 12
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Gemini 12 was a 1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini. It was the 10th and final crewed Gemini flight, the 18th crewed American spaceflight, and the 26th spaceflight of all time, including X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (54 nmi). Commanded by Gemini VII veteran James A. Lovell, the flight featured three periods of extravehicular activity (EVA) by rookie Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, lasting a total of 5 hours and 30 minutes. It also achieved the fifth rendezvous and fourth docking with an Agena target vehicle.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 11, 1966 at 08:46 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan II GLV →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Gemini XII (Gemini 12)
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 291 km
- Periapsis
- 253 km
- Inclination
- 28.84°
- Orbital period
- 89.95 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,461 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1966-104A
- NORAD catalog №
- 2566
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- November 15, 1966
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- November 15, 1966
- Time in service
- 4 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed