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First Steps into Space: Projects Mercury and Gemini
Document I-69
[1-1] [Illustrated by January 1966 NASA Gemini Program Mission Report Cover]
1.0 MISSION SUMMARY
The fifth manned mission and first rendezvous mission of the Gemini
Program, designated Gemini VI-A, was launched from Complex 19, Cape Kennedy,
Florida, at 8:37 a.m. e.s.t., on December 15,1965. The flight was successfully
concluded with the recovery of the spacecraft and the flight crew at 23°22.5’
N. latitude 67°52.5’ W. longitude by the prime recovery ship (U.S.S. Wasp),
approximately 1 hour and 6 minutes after landing. This rendezvous mission
was launched from Complex 19 within 11 days after the launch of the Gemini
VII space vehicle. The space craft was manned by Astronaut Walter M. Schirra,
command pilot, and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, pilot. The crew completed the