Gemini 7

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Gemini 7 was a 1965 NASA crewed spacecraft mission that conducted a long-duration 14-day flight to study the effects of space travel on the human body and served as the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous with Gemini 6A.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space mission
Project Gemini mission
crewed spaceflight mission
apoapsisAltitude approximately 260 kilometers
callSign Gemini 7 self-link
category 1965 in spaceflight
Human spaceflights
Gemini program
surface form: Project Gemini
commander Frank Borman NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember Frank Borman NERFINISHED
James A. Lovell Jr. NERFINISHED
crewNationality American
crewSize 2
firsts first crewed space rendezvous (with Gemini 6A)
followedBy Gemini 8
inclination 28.9 degrees
landingDate 1965-12-18
landingSite Atlantic Ocean
landingYear 1965
launchDate 1965-12-04
launchSite Cape Canaveral
surface form: Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
surface form: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station

Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19
launchVehicle Titan II GLV
launchYear 1965
missionDuration 14 days
330 hours 35 minutes
missionOutcome success
missionType crewed spaceflight
long-duration spaceflight
notableFor longest U.S. crewed spaceflight at the time
medical experiments on human adaptation to long-duration weightlessness
operator NASA
orbitsCompleted 206
orbitType low Earth orbit
periapsisAltitude approximately 160 kilometers
pilot James A. Lovell Jr. NERFINISHED
precededBy Gemini 5
primaryObjective study effects of long-duration spaceflight on the human body
programSequenceNumber 4
recoveryShip USS Wasp (CV-18)
surface form: USS Wasp
rendezvousRole passive target
rendezvousWith Gemini 6A
secondaryObjective serve as passive target for first crewed space rendezvous
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftManufacturer McDonnell Douglas
surface form: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
spacecraftMass 3762 kilograms
spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
spaceProgram Gemini program
surface form: Project Gemini

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Gemini 7 callSign Gemini 7 self-link
Gemini 6A nextMission Gemini 7
Gemini program notableMission Gemini 7
Jim Lovell participantIn Gemini 7
Gemini 8 precededBy Gemini 7
Gemini 6A rendezvousWith Gemini 7
Frank Borman spaceMission Gemini 7
Titan II GLV usedForMission Gemini 7
Frank Borman wasPilotOf Gemini 7