LAUNCH MISSION

NASA Titan II GLV Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)

Name: NASA Titan II GLV Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)
Start: 1965-12-15T13:37:26.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 19

Status

Success

DATE

15 DEC 1965

LAUNCH PROVIDER

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 19

Description

Gemini 6A was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford. The mission achieved the first crewed rendezvous with the Gemini 7 spacecraft. The mission began on December 15, 1965, 13:37:26 UTC and ended on December 16, 1965, 15:28:50 UTC.

Titan II GLV

Rocket Description

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.

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