LaunchesGemini III
NASASUCCESS
Gemini III
Titan II · Human Exploration
1965Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission of the Gemini program. Mission Command Pilot Gus Grissom and PilotJohn Young flew 3 orbits in a flight that was the last one to be operated from the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. The mission was considered a success and was the first flight to perform an orbital maneuver. Gemini 3 fired its engines for 1 minute and 14 seconds changing its orbit. The mission lasted 4 hours and 52 minutes.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Titan II
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 19
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2