National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Gemini IX-A

Titan II GLV

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, June 3, 1966 · 13:39 UTC

Mission

/01

Gemini 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

/02

Rocket

Titan II GLV

Variant: GLV

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 19

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.507° N, 80.554° W

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