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3 June 1966, 13:39 UTC

Gemini IX-A (Gemini 9A)

Titan II GLVCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Drawing of the Titan II GLV for Gemini IX-A (Gemini 9A)

Gemini 9A, NASA’s crewed Gemini flight with Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan on a Titan II GLV from Cape Kennedy LC-19; they rendezvoused thrice with the ATDA (shroud stuck open, blocking docking) and Cernan completed a difficult 2-hour EVA.

Outcome
Success
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth orbit
Payload to orbit
3.9 T (est.)
Flight
8th
of 11 Titan II GLV flights
Date and time
3 June 1966, 13:39 UTC
Builder
Martin
Launch site
Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload
Human Exploration
International designator
1966-047
Launches in 1966
54th of 131

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