
Success
Titan II GLV | Gemini VI-A
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.
Mission type: Human Exploration · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Rocket: Titan II · Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch pad
Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)