Titan II GLV | Gemini VI-A
Launch Successful
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Dec. 15, 1965, 1:37 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Dec. 15, 1965, 1:37 p.m. - Dec. 15, 1965, 1:37 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Dec. 15, 1965, 1:37 p.m. - Dec. 15, 1965, 1:37 p.m.
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The Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle) or Gemini-Titan II was an American expendable launch system derived from the Titan II missile, which was used to launch twelve Gemini missions for NASA between 1964 and 1966. Two unmanned launches followed by ten manned ones were conducted from Launch Complex 19 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, starting with Gemini 1 on April 8, 1964.
Gemini SC6 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 6 mission launched on December 15, 1965 and crewed by astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (command pilot) and Thomas P. Stafford (pilot).
Gemini Details
Date of
Birth: March 12, 1923
Date of Death:
May 3, 2007
Date of
Birth: Sept. 17, 1930
Age: 91
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