Gemini 2
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Gemini 2 was an uncrewed test flight in NASA's Gemini program that validated the spacecraft’s heat shield and reentry systems in preparation for later crewed missions.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gemini 2 canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gemini program mission
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ uncrewed test flight ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewed | no ⓘ |
| crewSize | 0 ⓘ |
| epoch | early 1960s space race ⓘ |
| flightProfile | suborbital ballistic trajectory ⓘ |
| followedBy | Gemini 3 ⓘ |
| heatShieldMaterial | ablative material similar to Mercury and Apollo designs ⓘ |
| heatShieldTested | yes ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1965-01-19 ⓘ |
| launchMass | approximately 3,700 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19
ⓘ
LC-19 ⓘ |
| launchSiteRegion | Florida ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Titan II GLV ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 18 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| missionType | suborbital test flight ⓘ |
| notableReuse | capsule later reused for USAF MOL test as OPS 0855 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| outcome | successful validation of heat shield and reentry systems ⓘ |
| partOf | United States crewed spaceflight development ⓘ |
| precededBy | Gemini 1 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
validate Gemini spacecraft heat shield
ⓘ
validate reentry systems ⓘ |
| program | Gemini program ⓘ |
| purpose | prepare for later crewed Gemini missions ⓘ |
| recovered | yes ⓘ |
| recoveryForce | United States Navy ⓘ |
| recoveryMethod | ocean splashdown ⓘ |
| reentry | yes ⓘ |
| reentryProfile | high-heating reentry test ⓘ |
| reentrySystem | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| reusedHardware | yes ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
NASA
ⓘ
surface form:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
| spacecraftManufacturer |
McDonnell Douglas
ⓘ
surface form:
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
|
| spacecraftType | Gemini spacecraft ⓘ |
| suborbitalApogee | approximately 171 kilometers ⓘ |
| suborbitalRange | approximately 3,400 kilometers ⓘ |
| success | yes ⓘ |
| testedEnvironment | near-orbital reentry heating conditions ⓘ |
| testedSystems |
attitude control system
ⓘ
guidance and control during reentry ⓘ parachute deployment system ⓘ structural integrity under reentry heating ⓘ |
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