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Gemini 3
Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom walk up the ramp leading to the elevator that will carry them to the spacecraft for the first crewed Gemini mission
Mission type
Test flight
Operator
NASA
COSPAR ID
1965-024A
SATCAT no.
1301
Mission duration
4 hours, 52 minutes, 31 seconds
Distance travelled
128,748 kilometers (80,000 mi)
Orbits completed
3
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
Gemini SC3
Manufacturer
McDonnell
Launch mass
3,237 kilograms (7,136 lb)
Crew
Crew size
2
Members
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
John W. Young
Callsign
Molly Brown
Start of mission
Launch date
March 23, 1965, 14:24:00 (1965-03-23UTC14:24Z) UTC
Rocket
Titan II GLV,s/n 62-12558
Launch site
Cape Kennedy LC-19
End of mission
Recovered by
USS Intrepid
Landing date
March 23, 1965, 19:16:31 (1965-03-23UTC19:16:32Z) UTC
Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission in NASA's Project Gemini and was the first time two American astronauts flew together into space. On March 23, 1965, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young flew three low Earth orbits in their spacecraft, which they nicknamed Molly Brown. It was the first U.S. mission in which the crew fired thrusters to change the size and shape of their orbit, a key test of spacecraft maneuverability vital for planned flights to the Moon. It was also the final crewed flight controlled from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida, before mission control functions were moved to a new control center at the newly opened Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas.
^McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
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