1966 1st Edition NASA Gemini Mission 9 Chart GMC 9 RARE 04/66

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1966 1st Edition NASA Gemini Mission 9 Chart GMC 9 RARE 04/66.
This is a 1st Edition Mission Chart of the Gemini 9. THis was an historic mission due to the circumstances with the crew and target mission. Gemini IX-A Gemini IX-A rendezvous with the ATDA, discovering that the docking target's payload fairing has failed to separate Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1966-047A SATCAT no. 2191 Mission duration 3 days, 20 minutes, 50 seconds Orbits completed 47 Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Gemini SC9 Manufacturer McDonnell Launch mass 3,800 kilograms (8,300 lb) Crew Crew size 2 Members Thomas P. StaffordEugene A. Cernan EVAs 1 EVA duration 2 hours, 7 minutes Start of mission Launch date June 3, 1966, 13:39:33 UTC Rocket Titan II GLV , s/n #62-12564 Launch site Cape Kennedy LC-19 End of mission Recovered by USS Wasp Landing date June 6, 1966, 14:00:23 UTC Landing site 27°52′N 75°0.4′W Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee 272 kilometers (147 nmi) Apogee 274 kilometers (148 nmi) Inclination 28.8 degrees Period 89.97 minutes Epoch June 6, 1966 [1](L-R) Stafford, Cernan Project Gemini ← Gemini 8 Gemini 10 →Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A ) [2] was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program . It was the seventh manned Gemini flight, the 13th manned American flight and the 23rd spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (62 mi)). The original crew for Gemini 9, command pilot Elliot See and pilot Charles Bassett , were killed in a crash on February 28, 1966 while flying a T-38 jet trainer to the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. Louis, Missouri to inspect their spacecraft. Their deaths promoted the backup crew, Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan , to the prime crew. The mission was renamed Gemini 9A after the original May 17 launch was scrubbed when the mission's Agena Target Vehicle was destroyed after a launch failure. The mission was flown June 3–6, 1966, after launch of the backup Augmented Target Docking Adaptor (ATDA). Stafford and Cernan rendezvoused with the ATDA, but were unable to dock with it because the nose fairing failed to eject from the docking target due to a launch preparation error. Cernan performed a two-hour extravehicular activity , during which it was planned for him to demonstrate free flight in a self-contained rocket pack, the Astronaut Maneuvering Unit . He was unable to accomplish this due to stress, fatigue, and overheating