Gemini II

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The Gemini II mission. The audio files are named as per their original historical audio reel number at the NASA historical audio vault. Information listed below is the sum-total of data on these files. MISSION INFORMATION: Gemini II Pad LC-19 (17) Titan-II (2) Crew: Unmanned Payload: Gemini-II capsule Altitude: 171.1 km (92.4nm) Inclination: TBD Orbits: suborbital Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 18 min, 16 seconds Distance: 3422.4km (1848 nm) Mission Objective Demonstrate reentry heat protection during maximum heating reentry; Demonstrate structural integrity of spacecraft; Demonstrate satisfactory performance of major subsystems; Demonstrate checkout and launch procedures; Evaluate backup guidance steering signals through launch. Secondary objectives included: Obtain test results on fuel cell and reactant supply, cryogenics, and communications systems; Demonstrate and further flight-qualify GLV and spacecraft from countdown thru insertion. Train flight controllers and qualify ground communications tracking system. Launch: January 19, 1965 9:03:59.861 am EST Landing: January 19, 1965 9:22:14 Landed at 16deg 36m North Latitude and 49deg 46m West in Atlantic ocean. Miss distance from plan…

Directors & creators

NASA

Subjects

NASA; Gemini II

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