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Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was the sixth manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The crew was returned to Earth safely. The only other time this happened was on the flight of Apollo 13.
It was the twelfth manned American flight and the twenty-second manned spaceflight of all time (including X-15 flights over 100 kilometres (62 mi)). Command pilot Neil Armstrong's flight marked the second time a U.S. civilian flew into space (Joseph Albert Walker became the first US civilian on X-15 Flight 90). Armstrong had retired from the United States Navy in 1960. The Soviet Union had launched the first civilian, Valentina Tereshkova (also the first woman) aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.
March 16, 1966
Gemini VIII had two major objectives, of which it achieved one. The two objectives were:
Gemini (Latin for twins) may refer to:
Gemini 8, This is Houston Flight
Gemini 8 - Launch and Orbit (Full Mission 01)
NASA Documentary - Gemini 8 - This is Houston Flight
Gemini 8 - Brief Highlights
Five Minutes in Space #3: Gemini 8
1966: Gemini 8 (NASA)
NASA GEMINI VIII PROGRAM DOCUMENTARY "GEMINI 8 THIS IS HOUSTON FLIGHT" 76834
Gemini VIII - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator
Classic NASA Film - Gemini 8
"Gemini 8, This Is Houston Flight" - NASA Documentary Gemini 8 Mission
Gemini 8 | First Docking Of Two Vehicles In Space
8-Bit Mars Volta, Cassandra Gemini
Fire Inside - Gemini【Asphalt 8 Airborne OST】
Part 2: Gemini 8 "This Is Houston Flight" - NASA Spaceflight History Video