Gemini spacecraft

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The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.

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Gemini spacecraft canonical 12
Gemini capsule 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crewed spacecraft
space capsule
attitudeControl reaction control system thrusters
contributedTo Apollo program EVA techniques
Apollo program rendezvous and docking procedures
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 2 astronauts
crewIngressEgress side hatch
crewLaunchAbortSystem ejection seats
crewSizeGemini8 2
developedForAgency Johnson Space Center
surface form: NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
dockingCapability yes
dockingTarget Agena Target Vehicle
surface form: Agena target vehicle
enabledEVA yes
firstCrewedFlight Gemini 3
firstCrewedFlightDate 1965-03-23
firstUSSpacewalkMission Gemini 4
followedBy Apollo spacecraft
guidanceNavigation onboard computer and inertial guidance
heatShieldType ablative heat shield
heritage evolved from Mercury spacecraft design
landingMethod parachute splashdown in ocean
lastCrewedFlight Gemini 12
lastCrewedFlightDate 1966-11-15
launchVehicle Titan II GLV
lifeSupport closed-loop environmental control system
longDurationMission Gemini 7
manufacturer McDonnell Douglas
surface form: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
notableDockingMission Gemini 8
notableRendezvousMission Gemini 6A
surface form: Gemini 6A and Gemini 7
numberOfCrewedMissions 10
numberOfUncrewedTestFlights 2
operator NASA
orbitalManeuvering onboard propulsion system
orbitType low Earth orbit
powerSource batteries
fuel cells
precededBy Mercury spacecraft
primaryMission conduct extended-duration space missions
develop docking techniques
develop orbital rendezvous techniques
prepare for Apollo Moon landings
program Project Gemini
recordDurationGemini7 approximately 14 days
reentryType capsule splashdown
rendezvousCapability yes
retirementYear 1966
serviceEntryYear 1965
testFlight Gemini 1
Gemini 2

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gemini 8 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 3 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 5 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 12 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 4 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 6A spacecraft Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 7 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Mercury spacecraft followedBy Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 1 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Molly Brown spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
this entity surface form: Gemini capsule
Gemini 2 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
GT-5 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 10 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
Gemini SC-4 spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft
this entity surface form: Gemini capsule