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
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Project Gemini mission ⓘ crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| apoapsisAltitude | approximately 260 kilometers ⓘ |
| callSign | Gemini 7 self-link ⓘ |
| category |
1965 in spaceflight
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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
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330 hours 35 minutes ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionType |
crewed spaceflight
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long-duration spaceflight ⓘ |
| notableFor |
longest U.S. crewed spaceflight at the time
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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)
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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
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surface form:
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
|
| spacecraftMass | 3762 kilograms ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Gemini spacecraft ⓘ |
| spaceProgram |
Gemini program
ⓘ
surface form:
Project Gemini
|
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