Gemini 6A

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Gemini program mission NASA space mission crewed spaceflight

Gemini 6A was a 1965 NASA crewed spaceflight that achieved the first successful rendezvous between two orbiting spacecraft during the Gemini program.

Aliases (1)

Gemini 6 ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gemini program mission → NASA space mission → crewed spaceflight →
callSign	Gemini 6A →
commander	Wally Schirra NERFINISHED →
country	United States →
crewMember	Thomas P. Stafford NERFINISHED → Wally Schirra NERFINISHED →
crewNationality	American →
crewSize	2 →
designationChangeReason	reflight after original mission cancellation →
era	Space Race →
landingDate	1965-12-16 →
landingMethod	splashdown →
landingSite	Atlantic Ocean →
launchDate	1965-12-15 →
launchLocation	Cape Kennedy, Florida →
launchSite	Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 → LC-19 →
launchVehicle	Titan II GLV →
launchYear	1965 →
missionDuration	1 day 1 hour → about 26 hours →
missionType	crewed orbital flight → rendezvous mission →
nextMission	Gemini 7 →
notableAchievement	first successful rendezvous between two orbiting crewed spacecraft →
operator	NASA →
orbitRegime	low Earth orbit →
orbitsCompleted	16 →
originalDesignation	Gemini 6 →
originalMissionStatus	scrubbed due to Agena target vehicle failure →
partOf	Gemini program → United States crewed spaceflight program →
pilot	Thomas P. Stafford NERFINISHED →
previousMission	Gemini 5 →
programGoal	develop rendezvous and station-keeping techniques → prepare for Apollo lunar missions →
recoveryShip	USS Wasp →
rendezvousDate	1965-12-15 →
rendezvousDistance	approximately 0.3 meters →
rendezvousType	first crewed spacecraft rendezvous →
rendezvousWith	Gemini 7 →
spaceAgency	NASA →
spacecraft	Gemini spacecraft →
spacecraftBus	Gemini spacecraft bus →
spacecraftName	Gemini SC6 →
spaceProgram	Project Gemini →
targetVehiclePlanned	Agena target vehicle →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gemini 6A →	callSign
Gemini 5 →	followedBy
Gemini program →	notableMission
Gemini 6A ("Gemini 6") →	originalDesignation
Gemini 7 →	rendezvousWith
Thomas Stafford →	spaceMission
Titan II GLV →	usedForMission
Thomas Stafford →	wasPilotOf