Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A) Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
15 Dec 1965, 1:37pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 19
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Gemini
Crew
Wally Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Mission
Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
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Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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