Mission Name: Gemini-1 (1)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (1)

Milestones:

Payload:

Mission Objectives:
  Demonstrate GLV performance; flight qualify subsystems, Determine exit 
heating of GLV and spacecraft.  Demonstrate structural integrity of GLV
and spacecraft; Demonstrate GLV and ground guidance systems performance 
in achieving proper orbital insertion; Monitor, evaluate GLV switchover 
circuits.

 Secondary Objectives included:  Evaluate operational procedures for 
GLV trajectory and cutoff conditions;  Verify orbital insertion by 
tracking C-band transponder in spacecraft; Demonstrate performance of 
launch and tracking networks; Provide training for flight controllers 
and prelaunch and launch crews and facilities.

Launch:  
  April 8, 1964 11:00:01.69 am EST.  

Orbit:
  Altitude: 320km x 160.3km
  Inclination: xxx degrees
  Orbits: 64
  Duration: 4 Days,   hours,   min,   seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  April 12, 1964
 
Mission Highlights:
 Successful orbital test of the Titan-II launch vehicle, spacecraft
structural integrity and launch vehicle spacecraft compatibility.
Unmanned, no plan to recover. Mission terminated after 3 orbits and
spacecraft disintegrated 3.5 days after launch). All primary and
secondary objectives achieved.

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-2 (2)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (2)

Milestones:

Payload:
 Gemini-2 capsule  

Mission Objectives:
  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 sytems; 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

  The Titan II/Gemini launch vehicle had to be dismantled to
protect it from 2 hurricanes in August and September of 1964.
The 2nd stage of the vehicle was taken down and stored in a
hanger on 26 August 1964 in preparation for Hurricane Cleo,
but the entire launch vehicle was dismantled and removed
from Pad 19 in early September before Hurricane Dora passed
over the Cape on September 9th.  The Gemini launch vehicle
was erected for the final time on Pad 19 on 12 September 1964

  Gemini-II had been scheduled for launch December 9, 1964.  On that date
the countdown reached zero and the stage one engines were ignited.  The
launch vehicle's Malfunction Detection System detected technical problems
due to a loss of hydraulic pressure and shutdown the engines about one
second after ignition.

Orbit:
  Altitude:  171.1 km (92.4nm)
  Inclination: xxx degrees
  Orbits: suborbital
  Duration:  0 Days,  0 hours, 18 min, 16 seconds
  Distance:  3422.4km (1848 nm)

Landing:
  January 19, 1965 9:22:14; Landed at 16deg36m North Latitude and
49deg46m West in Atlantic ocean.  Miss distance from planned landing 
point 62.9km.   
 
Mission Highlights:
  All primary mission objectives were achieved.  All secondary
objectives except fuel cell test were achieved.  Fuel cell deactivated 
before liftoff.


<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-3 (3)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (3)

Crew:
  Virgil I. Grissom (2), commander
  John W. Young (1), pilot

Backup Crew:
  Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
  Thomas P. Stafford

Capcom:
  L. Gordon Cooper (Cape)
  Roger B. Chaffee (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-3 capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Demonstrate manned orbital flight; evaluate two-man design. Demonstrate 
and evaluate tracking network. Demonstrate OAMS capability in orbital 
maneuvers and in retrofire backup.  Demonstrate controlled reentry and
landing.  Evaluate major spacecraft subsystems.  Demonstrate systems 
checkout, prelaunch, and launch procedures.  Demonstrate and evaluate 
recovery procedures and systems.  Spacecraft weight: 3225kg.

  Secondary objectives included:  Evaluate flight crew equipment, biomedical 
instrumentation, and personal hygiene system.  Perform 3 experiments.  
Evaluate low-level longitudinal oscillations (Pogo) of the GLV.  General 
photographic coverage in orbit.

Launch:  
  March 23, 1965 9:24:00.064 am EST.  There was one brief hold on launch
day while a sensor on an oxidizer line was adjusted.

Orbit:
  Altitude:  224km 
  Inclination: 33.0 degrees
  Orbits: 3
  Duration: 0 Days, 4 hours, 52 min, 31 seconds
  Distance: 

Landing:
  March 23, 1965.  Landing at 22deg26m North and 70deg 51min West.
Miss distance from landing zone 111.1km (60nm).  Recovered by
USS Intrepid.  Crew onboard in 70 min.
 
Mission Highlights:
  All primary objectives were achieved except the controlled reentry
objective was only partially achieved.  The angle of attack during
reentry was lower than expected.    Secondary objectives were only 
partially achieved.  The personal hygiene system was only partially 
tested, Operating mechanism failed on S-2 - Synergistic Effect of 
Zero Gravity on Sea Urchin Eggs Experiment and the photographic 
coverage objective was only partially successful because of an 
improper lens setting on the 16mm camera.

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-IV (4)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (4)
  1st NASA EVA

Crew:
  James A. McDivitt (1), Commander
  Edward H. White II (1), Pilot

Backup Crew:
  Frank Borman
  James A. Lovell, Jr.

Capcom:
  Clifton C. Williams, Jr. (Cape)
  Virgil I. Grissom (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-IV capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Evaluate effects of prolonged space flight.  Demonstrate and evaluate 
performance of spacecraft and systems in 4-day flight.  Evaluate procedures 
for crew rest and work cycles, eating schedules, and realtime flight 
planning. Spacecraft weight: 3574kg.

 Secondary objectives included:  Demonstrate and evaluate EVA and control 
by use of HHMU and tether.  Stationkeep and rendezvous with second
stage of GLV.  Evaluate spacecraft systems.  Make in-and-out-of plane 
maneuvers.  Further test OAMS retro backup capability.  Perform 11 
experiments.

Launch:  
  June 3, 1965 10:15:59.562 am.  

Orbit:
  Altitude:  296.1 km (159.9nm)
  Inclination: 32.5 degrees
  Orbits: 62
  Duration: 4 Days, 1 hour, 56 min, 12 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  June 7, 1965.  Landing was at 27deg 44min North and 74deg 11min
West.  Landing was 81.4km from attempted landing zone.
 
Mission Highlights:
 Gemini-4 was NASA's 1st Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) operation.  
EVA time 36min

 All but one primary objectives were achieved.  Computer controlled 
reentry in the demonstration and evaluation of spacecraft systems
objective was not flown because of inadvertent alteration of 
computer memory.  All secondary objectives were met except one. 
The secondary objective of stationkeeping and rendezvous was only 
partially successful because separation and rendezvous was not 
attempted due to fuel consumption.

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-V (5)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (5)

Crew:
  C. Gordon Cooper (2), Commander
  Charles Conrad, Jr (1), Pilot

Backup Crew:
  Neil A. Armstrong
  Elliot M. See, Jr

Capcom:
  Virgil I. Grissom (Cape)  
  James A. McDivitt (Houston)
  Edwin E. Aldrin (Houston)
  Neil A. Armstrong (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-V capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Evaluate rendezvous Guidance and Navigation system with REP.  
Demonstrate 8-day capability of spacecraft and crew.  Evaluate
effects on weightlessness for 8-day flight.  Spacecraft weight: 3605kg.

  Secondary objectives included:  Demonstrate controlled reentry
guidance.  Evaluate fuel cell.  Demonstrate all phases of 
guidance and control system operation needed for rendezvous.
Evaluate capability of both crewmen to maneuver spacecraft to
rendezvous.  Checkout rendezvous radar.  Execute 17 experiments.

Launch:  
  August 21, 1965; 8:59:59.518am EST.  A launch attempt on August 19
was postponed due to weather conditions and problems with loading
cryogenic fuel for the fuel cell.  

Orbit:
  Altitude:  349.8 km 
  Inclination: 32.61 degrees
  Orbits: 120
  Duration: 7 Days, 22 hours, 55 min, 14 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  August 29, 1965.  Landing was at 29deg44min North and 69deg 45min
West.  Miss distance was 170.3km (92nm).  Navy divers from the backup
recovery ship USS DuPont (DD-941) recovered the crew and transfered
them via helicopter to the USS Lake Champlain (crew onboard in 89
min).
 
Mission Highlights:
  During the mission, problems developed with the fuel cell that
precluded rendezvous with the radar evaluation pod (REP).  Primary
rendezvous G&N system with REP objective was not achieved.  REP
rendezvous was not attempted due to a decision to power down fuel
cells.

 Secondary objective to demonstrate controlled reentry guidance was
not achieved due to incorrect navigation coordinates transmitted 
to the spacecraft computer from the ground.  This caused an 89mile
overshoot of the landing zone.  Experiment D-2, Nearby Object 
Photography was not conducted when REP rendezvous was canceled.

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-VII (6)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (6)

Crew:
  Frank Borman (1), Commander
  James A. Lovell (1), Pilot 

Backup Crew:
  Edward H. White II
  Michael Collins

Capcom:
  Alan L. Bean (Cape)
  Elliot M. See Jr. (Houston)
  Eugene A. Cernan (Houston)
  Charles A. Bassett II (Houston)

Milestones:


Payload:
  Gemini-VII capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Primary object was to conduct 14-day mission and evaluate effects on crew.
Secondary objectives included:  Provide target for Gemini VI-A.  Stationkeep 
with Gemini VI-A and with second stage of GLV.  Conduct 20 experiments.
Evaluate lightweight pressure suit.  Evaluate spacecraft reentry 
capability.  Conduct systems tests.  Spacecraft weight: 3663kg.

Launch:  
  December 4, 1965  2:30:03.702pm EST

Orbit:
  Altitude:  327km (177.1 nm)
  Inclination: 28.89 degrees
  Orbits: 206
  Duration:  13 Days, 18 hours, 35 min,  1 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  December 18, 1965.  Landed at 25deg 25.1min North, 70.6deg 7min West
Miss distance was 11.8km (6.4nm).
 
Mission Highlights:
  All primary and secondary objectives were achieved.

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-VI-A (7)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (7)

Crew:
  Walter M. Schirra Jr. (1), Commander
  Thomas P. Stafford (1), Pilot

Backup Crew:
  Virgil I. Grissom
  John W. Young

Capcom:
  Alan L. Bean (Cape)
  Elliot M. See (Houston)
  Eugene A. Cernan (Houston)
  Charles A. Bassett II (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-VI-A capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Primary objective was to rendezvous with Gemini-VII.  Secondary 
objectives included:  Perform closed-loop rendezvous in fourth 
orbit.  Stationkeep with Gemini VII.  Evaluate reentry guidance 
capability.  Conduct visibility tests for rendezvous, using Gemini
VII as target.  Perform 3 experiments.  Spacecraft weight 3546kg.

Launch:  
  Dec 15, 1965 8:37:26.471 am EST.  Due to a Gemini Agena target
vehicle (GATV) propulsion failure on 25 Oct, 1965 the mission was
rescheduled.  The Agena target vehicle Gemini Agena target vehicle
GATV-5002 and TLV 5301 with which the Gemini-VI-A was to rendezvous
and dock, failed to go into orbit.  A launch attempt on Dec 12, 1965
failed because of a minor launch vehicle hardware problem.

Orbit:
  Altitude:  311.3km (168.1 nm)
  Inclination: 28.89 degrees
  Orbits: 16
  Duration:  1 Day, 1 hour, 51 min, 24 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  December 16, 1965.  Landing was at 23deg 35min North and 67deg 50min 
West.  Miss distance was 12.9km (7nm).  Recovered by the USS Wasp (crew
onboard in 66min).
 
Mission Highlights:
  All primary objectives were achieved.  Secondary objective on
experiment D-8 Radiation in Spacecraft because stationkeeping 
with Gemini-VII interfered with the experiment. 

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-VIII (8)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (8)

Crew:
  Neil A. Armstrong
  David R. Scott

Backup Crew:
  Charles Conrad Jr.
  Richard F. Gordon, Jr.

Capcom:
  R. Walter Cunningham (Cape)
  James A. Lovell Jr. (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-XIII capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Primary objective was to rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena
target vehicle (GATV-5003) launched on 3/16/1966 from Complex 14
(TLV-5302) and conduct EVA operations.  Secondary objectives included:
Rendezvous and dock in 4th revolution.  Perform docked-vehicle
maneuvers, Evaluate systems and conduct 10 experiments.  
Spacecraft weight: 3788kg. GATV-5003 Weight: 8097.

Launch:  
  March 16, 1966. 11:41:02.389.  There was a one day delay in
launching the spacecraft due to minor problems with the spacecraft and
launch vehicle hardware.
  
Orbit:
  Altitude:  298.7km (161.3 nm)
  Inclination: 28.91 degrees
  Orbits: 7
  Duration:  0 Days, 10 hours,  41 min,  26 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  March 17, 1966.  Landing was at 25deg 13.8min North and 136deg 
0min East. Pacific Ocean.  Recovered by the USS Mason (crew 
onboard in 3 hours).
 
Mission Highlights:
  Gemini-VIII successfully docked with Gemini Agena target vehicle
GATV-6 hours 34 min after liftoff.  Because of problems with the
spacecraft control system, the crew was forced to undock after
approximately 30 min.  The spacecraft-target vehicle combination had
begun to encounter increasing yaw and roll rates.  The crew regained
control of their spacecraft by using the reentry control system, which
prompted an early landing in a secondary landing area in the Pacific.
No EVA was performed.
 
  The failure was caused by an electrical short in control system.
Docking and re-rendezvous secondary objectives were not achieved due
to the shortened mission.

<end of mission>


Mission Name: Gemini-IX-A (9)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (9)
  EVA

Crew:
  Thomas P. Stafford (2), Commander
  Eugene A. Cernan (1), Pilot

Backup Crew:
  James A. Lovell Jr, 
  Edwin E. Aldrin

Capcoms:
   Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. (Cape,Houston)
   Neil A. Armstrong (Houston)
   James A. Lovell, Jr. (Houston)
   Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-IX-A capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Primary objective was to perform rendezvous and docking and conduct
EVA.  Secondary objectives included: Rendezvous with ATDA (launched
6/1/66 from Complex 14) in 3rd revolution.  Conduct systems evaluation
and equiperiod rendezvous.  Execute 7 experiments. Practice Docking,
Rendezvous from above and to demonstrate controlled reentry.  The
original crew of Gemini-IX, Elliott M. See and Charles Bassett were
killed in an airplane crash on February 28, 1966.  The backup crew was
named to the prime crew positions.  
Spacecraft weight: 3750kg. ATDA weight: 1088kg

Launch:  
  June 3, 1966 8:39:33.335 am EST.  GT-9 was postponed when TLV 5303
with Gemini Agena target vehicle GATV-5004 malfunctioned on May 17.
In its place, a substitute target was used for GT-9A; the Augmented
Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) was launched by an Atlas on June 1, 1966
(TLV-5304) from Launch Complex 14; However GT-9A was not launched the
same day as planned due to a guidance system computer problem.  After
a brief hold, the spacecraft was launched on the 3rd day.

Orbit:
  Altitude:  311.5km  (168nm)
  Inclination: 28.86 degrees
  Orbits: 45
  Duration:  3 Days,  0 hours,  20 min,  50 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  June 6, 1966.  Landing was at 27deg 52min N and 75deg 0.4min West.
Miss distance .704 miles (.38 nm).  Recovery ship USS Wasp (crew
onboard in 52 min).
 
Mission Highlights:
 
    Primary objective of rendezvous and docking was only partially
achieved because the shroud on the ATDA failed to jettison.  Instead
GT-9A performed a number of rendezvous maneuvers, including a
simulation of lunar module rendezvous.  EVA time 2hours 7 min.  During
EVA maneuvers, Cernan's visor became fogged, and he was unable to test
the Air Force maneuvering unit.

  Secondary objective experiment S-10, Agena Micrometerorite 
Collection experiment was not attempted because EVA did not take place
near Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV).

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-X (10)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (10)
  EVA

Crew:
  John W. Young
  Michael Collins

Backup Crew:
  Alan L. Bean
  Clifton C. Williams, Jr.

Capcom:
  L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (Cape, Houston)
  Edwin E. Aldrin (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-X capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Primary objective was to rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena
target vehicle (GATV-5005) launched as TLV-5305 from Complex 14 on
7/18/66.  Secondary objectives included: Rendezvous and dock in 4th
revolution.  Rendezvous with Gemini Agena target vehicle GATV-8 using
Agena propulsion systems, Conduct EVA, Practice docking, Perform 14
experiments, Perform system evaluation on bending-mode tests; docked
maneuvers; static discharge; monitoring; post-docked Agena maneuvers;
reentry guidance; park Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV) in 352km
(190.3 nm) orbit.  Spacecraft weight: 3763kg. GATV weight: 8097kg

Launch:  
  July 18, 1966.  5:20:26.648 pm EST

Orbit:
  Altitude:  753.3km (412.2 nm)
  Inclination: 28.85 degrees
  Orbits: 43
  Duration: 2 days 22 hours 46 min 39 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  July 21, 1966. 4:07pm.  Landing was at 26deg 44.7min North and 71deg
57min West.  Miss distance was 6.2km (3.4 nm).

Mission Highlights:
  1 hour, 29 min. EVA.  All primary objectives and most secondary 
objectives were met.  The practice docking secondary objective and 
some experiments were canceled due to insufficent fuel reserves.

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-XI (11)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (11)

Crew:
  Charles Conrad Jr.
  Richard F. Gordon Jr.

Backup Crew:
  Neil A. Armstrong
  William A. Anders

Capcom:
  Clifton C. Williams Jr. (Cape)
  John W. Young (Houston)
  Alan L. Bean (Houston)
 
Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-XI capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Primary objective was to rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena
target vehicle (GATV-5006) which was launched 9/12/66 from Launch
Complex 14 as TLV-5306 in 1st revolution.  Secondary objectives
included: Practice docking, Perform EVA.  Conduct 11 experiments,
Maneuver while docked (high apogee excursion), Conduct tethered
vehicle test, Demonstrate automatic reentry and Park GATV-10 in
352.4km orbit.  Spacecraft weight: 3798kg. GATV weight: 8097kg

Launch:  
  September 12, 1966 9:42:26.546 am EST.  The launch was postponed
twice;  On September 9 due to a small leak in the first stage
oxidizer tank of the GLV; and on the 10th due to a suspected
malfunction of the autopilot on the GLV.  On the day of the launch
there was a 16 min hold due to a suspected leak around the command
pilot's hatch. 

Orbit:
  Altitude:  1368.9 km (739.2nm)
  Inclination: 28.83 degrees
  Orbits: 44
  Duration:  2 Days 23 hours 17 min 8 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  September 15, 1966.  Landing was at 24deg 15.4min North and
70deg 0.0min West. Miss distance was 4.9km (2.65nm).  Recovery
ship USS Guam (crew onboard in 24 min).
 
Mission Highlights:
  All Primary objectives and most secondary objectives were achieved. 
Experiment D-16, Power Tool Evaluation was canceled when the EVA was 
terminated early.  During EVA, astronaut Gordon tethered the two 
spacecraft together with a 30-meter line.  Automatic reentry was
successful.

<end of mission>

Mission Name: Gemini-XII (12)
  Pad LC-19 ()
  Titan-II (12)

Crew:
  James A. Lovell Jr., Commander 
  Edwin E. Aldrin, Pilot

Backup Crew:
  L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
  Eugene A. Cernan

Capcom:
  Stuart A. Roosa (Cape)
  Charles Conrad Jr. (Houston)
  William A. Anders (Houston)

Milestones:

Payload:
  Gemini-XII capsule

Mission Objectives:
  Primary object was rendezvous and docking and to evaluate EVA.  Secondary
objective included:  Tethered vehicle operation, perform 14 experiments, 
rendezvous and dock in 3rd revolution, demonstrate automatic reentry, 
perform docked maneuvers, practice docking, conduct system tests and to
park Gemini Agena target vehicle GATV-12 in 555.6 km (300nm) orbit.

Launch:  
  Nov 11, 1966 3:46:33.419 pm EST.

Orbit:
  Altitude:  301.3km (162.7nm)
  Inclination: 28.78 degrees
  Orbits: 59
  Duration:   3 Days, 22 hours, 34 min, 31 seconds
  Distance:  km

Landing:
  Nov 15, 1966.  Landed at 24deg 35min North 69deg 57min West. 
Miss distance was 4.8km (2.6nm)
 
Mission Highlights:
  EVA time 5 hours, 30 min.  All primary objectives and most secondary
objectives were met.  Docked maneuvers were canceled due to a
propulsion anomaly during Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV)
insertion.  The GATV was not placed in a 555.6km orbit because its
attitude control gas was depleted by earlier maneuvers.

<end of mission>