Gemini I Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
8 Apr 1964, 4:00pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 19
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Gemini
Mission
Gemini I
Mission Type
Test Flight
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Gemini 1 was the first mission in NASA's Gemini program. An uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft, its main objectives were to test the structural integrity of the new spacecraft and modified Titan II launch vehicle. It was also the first test of the new tracking and communication systems for the Gemini program and provided training for the ground support crews for the first crewed missions.
Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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