National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gemini IX-A
Titan II GLV
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, June 3, 1966 · 13:39 UTC
Mission
/01Gemini 9A was the seventh crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Thomas P. Stafford and Pilot Eugene Cernan. The astronauts rendezvoused with the Augmented Docking Target Adapter, but were unable to dock due to docking target's fairing which failed to deploy. The mission started on June 3, 1966, 13:39:33 UTC and ended on June 6, 1966, 14:00:23 UTC.
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Titan II GLV
Variant: GLV
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 19
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.507° N, 80.554° W
9
Pad Launches
171
Location Launches
80
Agency Launches
54
Orbital This Year