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Gemini 8

completedLaunch 1966-020
Launched 3/16/1966LEOService GSat LEO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Gemini VIII
retired
Human Spaceflight
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
3/16/1966
Launch ID
1966-020
Launch Profile
Sat LEO O
Service Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
U.S. Space Systems Command
Launch Vehicle
Titan II GLV
Launch Site
Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 1
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Mentions
1
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Neil Armstrong spent less than 11 hours in space on Gemini 8 before that mission ended prematurely due to a technical issue.

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