NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gemini VI-A

Launch Time
Wed Dec 15, 1965 13:37 UTC

First manned rendezvous with another spacecraft

Rocket

Titan II GLV
NASA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,913 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,580 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 33.2 m

Mission Details

Gemini VI-A

Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 manned United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission achieved the first manned rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini 7.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,546.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-19, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1965

115th orbital launch attempt

Titan II

7th mission
6th mission of 1965
7th successful mission