Titan II GLV | Gemini VIII
Launch Successful
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March 16, 1966, 4:41 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
March 16, 1966, 4:41 p.m. - March 16, 1966, 4:41 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
March 16, 1966, 4:41 p.m. - March 16, 1966, 4:41 p.m.
Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Neil A. Armstrong and Pilot David R. Scott. Gemini 8 conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The mission began on March 16, 1966, 16:41:02 UTC and ended on March 17, 1966, 03:22:28 UTC.
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 SC8 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 8 mission launched on March 16, 1966 and crewed by astronauts Neil Armstrong (command pilot) and David Scott (pilot).
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Birth: Aug. 5, 1930
Date of Death:
Aug. 25, 2012
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