NASA Titan II GLV Gemini VIII (Gemini 8)
Titan II GLV
Status
Success
Date
16 MAR 1966
16:41
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 19
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Neil A. Armstrong and Pilot David R. Scott. Gemini 8 conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The mission began on March 16, 1966, 16:41:02 UTC and ended on March 17, 1966, 03:22:28 UTC.
Rocket
Titan II GLV
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle) or Gemini-Titan II was an American expendable launch system derived from the Titan II missile, which was used to launch twelve Gemini missions for NASA between 1964 and 1966. Two unmanned launches followed by ten manned ones were conducted from Launch Complex 19 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, starting with Gemini 1 on April 8, 1964.
Height
33.2 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch Mass
154 T
Thrust
1,913 kN