Titan II GLV | Gemini VI-A

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Titan II GLV — Titan family

Mission

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.

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 19
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program

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