Gemini 7
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Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII)[5] was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twenty-first crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line. The crew of Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Endurance test |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1965-100A |
SATCAT no. | 1812 |
Mission duration | 13 days, 18 hours, 35 minutes, 1 second |
Distance travelled | 9,030,000 kilometers (4,876,000 nautical miles)[citation needed] |
Orbits completed | 206 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Gemini SC7 |
Manufacturer | McDonnell |
Launch mass | 8,076 pounds (3,663 kg)[1][2] |
Landing mass | 4,317.14 pounds (1,958.22 kg)[3] |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | December 4, 1965, 19:30:03 (1965-12-04UTC19:30:03Z) UTC |
Rocket | Titan II GLV, s/n 62-12562 |
Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-19 |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | USS Wasp |
Landing date | December 18, 1965, 14:05:04 (1965-12-18UTC14:05:05Z) UTC |
Landing site | 25°25.1′N 70°6.7′W |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 299 kilometers (161 nautical miles) |
Apogee altitude | 302 kilometers (163 nautical miles) |
Inclination | 28.87 degrees[3] Gemini 7 Mission Report (PDF) January 1966 |
Period | 90.54 minutes |
Epoch | December 9, 1965[4] |
(L-R) Lovell, Borman |
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