Gemini 8

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Gemini 8 was a 1966 NASA crewed spaceflight in the Gemini program, notable for achieving the first successful docking of two spacecraft in orbit and for a critical in-flight emergency that tested astronaut Neil Armstrong’s piloting skills.

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Gemini 8 canonical 14
Gemini 8 spacecraft 2
Gemini 8 mission 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gemini program mission
crewed spaceflight
achievement first crewed docking in spaceflight history
first successful docking of two spacecraft in Earth orbit
callSign Gemini 8 self-link
commander Neil A. Armstrong
commanderLaterMission Neil A. Armstrong
surface form: Neil A. Armstrong commanded Apollo 11
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember David R. Scott
Neil A. Armstrong
crewNationality American
crewSize 2
dockingTarget Agena Target Vehicle
Agena Target Vehicle
surface form: Gemini Agena Target Vehicle 8
emergencyEvent uncontrolled roll due to stuck reaction control thruster
emergencyResponse use of reentry control system to stop spacecraft roll
followedBy Gemini 9A
landingDate 1966-03-17
landingSite Pacific Ocean
launchDate 1966-03-16
launchSite Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19
LC-19
launchVehicle Titan II GLV
launchYear 1966
missionDuration approximately 10 hours 41 minutes
missionNumber 8
missionObjective conduct orbital operations and engineering tests
rendezvous and docking with Agena Target Vehicle
missionOutcome partial success
notableFor first on-orbit docking of two spacecraft
testing Neil Armstrong’s piloting skills during a critical in-flight emergency
operator NASA
orbitalInclination 28.9 degrees
orbitRegime low Earth orbit
pilot David R. Scott
pilotLaterMission David R. Scott commanded Apollo 15
precededBy Gemini 7
program Gemini program
surface form: Project Gemini
recoveryBy USS Leonard F. Mason
resultOfEmergency early deorbit and landing
premature mission termination
spaceAgency NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
spacecraftManufacturer McDonnell Douglas
surface form: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
status completed mission with emergency early termination

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Gemini program notableMission Gemini 8
Gemini 8 callSign Gemini 8 self-link
Titan II GLV usedForMission Gemini 8
Gemini 7 followedBy Gemini 8
First Man portraysEvent Gemini 8
this entity surface form: Gemini 8 mission
Gemini 9A previousMission Gemini 8
LC-19 launchedMission Gemini 8
Agena Target Vehicle firstSuccessfulDockingWith Gemini 8
this entity surface form: Gemini 8 spacecraft
David R. Scott commanded Apollo 15 spaceMission Gemini 8
subject surface form: David R. Scott
USS Leonard F. Mason recovered Gemini 8
this entity surface form: Gemini 8 spacecraft
David R. Scott spaceMission Gemini 8