{"id":642795,"date":"2024-04-09T08:32:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=642795"},"modified":"2024-04-09T08:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:32:09","slug":"60-years-ago-gemini-1-flies-a-successful-uncrewed-test-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-gemini-1-flies-a-successful-uncrewed-test-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On April 8, 1964, Gemini 1 successfully completed the first uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft and its Titan II booster. The three-orbit mission proved the structural integrity of the spacecraft and the launch vehicle, paving the way for a second uncrewed test flight and ultimately missions with astronauts. The primary goals of Project Gemini included proving the techniques required for the Apollo Program to fulfill President John F. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-president-kennedy-proposes-moon-landing-goal-in-speech-to-congress\/\">Kennedy\u2019s goal<\/a> of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the decade. Of primary importance, Gemini demonstrated the rendezvous and docking techniques necessary to implement the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-nasa-decides-on-lunar-orbit-rendezvous-for-moon-landing\/\">Lunar Orbit Rendezvous<\/a> method NASA chose for the Moon landing mission. Additionally, Gemini proved that astronauts could work outside their spacecraft during spacewalks and that spacecraft and astronauts could function for at least eight days, considered the minimum time for a roundtrip lunar mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642796\" height=\"192\" width=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg\" alt=\"Cutaway diagram of the Gemini spacecraft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=300,215 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=768,550 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=1024,733 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=1536,1099 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=2048,1466 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=400,286 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=600,429 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=900,644 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=1200,859 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-1-cutaway-s65-14257.jpg?resize=2000,1431 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642797\" height=\"192\" width=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg\" alt=\"Workers at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis examine a Gemini spacecraft mockup\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg 928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg?resize=768,596 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg?resize=400,310 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg?resize=600,466 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg?resize=900,698 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642798\" height=\"192\" width=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-3-test-need-more-details.jpg\" alt=\"Workers at Martin Marietta\u2019s Baltimore facility test Gemini 1\u2019s Titan II rocket\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-3-test-need-more-details.jpg 536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-3-test-need-more-details.jpg?resize=241,300 241w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-3-test-need-more-details.jpg?resize=321,400 321w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-3-test-need-more-details.jpg?resize=481,600 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><br><em>Left: Cutaway diagram of the Gemini spacecraft. Middle: Workers at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis examine a Gemini spacecraft mockup. Right: Workers at Martin Marietta\u2019s Baltimore facility test Gemini 1\u2019s Titan II rocket.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wedged between the pioneering Project Mercury and the historic Apollo missions to the Moon lies the less-heralded Project Gemini. The project\u2019s 12 missions, two uncrewed test flights and 10 crewed missions, bridged the gap between Mercury that proved human spaceflight possible, and that Apollo could achieve President Kennedy\u2019s goal. The Gemini missions flown between April 1964 and November 1966 demonstrated all the techniques required to make Apollo possible and gave astronauts the necessary training and flight experience while maturing the ground support infrastructure. The Gemini spacecraft grew out of studies for an upgraded Mercury capsule with an extended orbital life that could carry two astronauts and maneuver in space. On Dec. 7, 1961, NASA approved the development of the two-seat spacecraft, giving the contract to the McDonnell Corporation of St. Louis, the same company that built Mercury. To launch the spacecraft, NASA ordered the modification of the U.S. Air Force\u2019s Titan II missile, built by the Martin Marietta Corporation in Baltimore. On Jan. 13, 1962, NASA officially named the project Gemini and established a formal Gemini Project Office later that month. But before any astronauts took flight aboard a Gemini spacecraft, it required thorough testing with a crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642799\" height=\"173\" width=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-4-first-stage-arr-pad-19-jan-6-1964.jpg\" alt=\"The first stage of Gemini 1\u2019s Titan II rocket arrives at Cape Canaveral\u2019s Launch Pad 19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-4-first-stage-arr-pad-19-jan-6-1964.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-4-first-stage-arr-pad-19-jan-6-1964.jpg?resize=300,235 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-4-first-stage-arr-pad-19-jan-6-1964.jpg?resize=400,313 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-4-first-stage-arr-pad-19-jan-6-1964.jpg?resize=600,470 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642802\" height=\"173\" width=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-5-titan-ii-test-jan-21-1964.png\" alt=\"Static test of the Titan II\u2019s two stages\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642800\" height=\"173\" width=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg\" alt=\"Workers lift Gemini 1 to mate it with its Titan II rocket\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg 1685w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=247,300 247w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=768,933 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=843,1024 843w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=1264,1536 1264w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=329,400 329w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=494,600 494w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=740,900 740w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=987,1200 987w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-6-stacking-mar-5-1964-img-3294.jpg?resize=1646,2000 1646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642801\" height=\"173\" width=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-7-mating-mar-5-1964-from-video.jpg\" alt=\"Workers lower Gemini 1 onto its Titan II rocket\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-7-mating-mar-5-1964-from-video.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-7-mating-mar-5-1964-from-video.jpg?resize=282,300 282w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-7-mating-mar-5-1964-from-video.jpg?resize=376,400 376w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-7-mating-mar-5-1964-from-video.jpg?resize=564,600 564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><br><em>Left: The first stage of Gemini 1\u2019s Titan II rocket arrives at Cape Canaveral\u2019s Launch Pad 19. Middle left: Static test of the Titan II\u2019s two stages. Middle right: Workers lift Gemini 1 to mate it with its Titan II rocket. Right: Workers lower Gemini 1 onto its Titan II rocket.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency approved the Gemini spacecraft design on March 31, 1962. The first spacecraft for the uncrewed Gemini 1 test mission arrived at Cape Canaveral on Oct. 4, 1963. In lieu of the two crew ejection seats, the spacecraft contained instrument pallets to monitor and record conditions during the mission. The Titan II rocket for Gemini 1 arrived at Cape Canaveral on Oct. 26 and three days later workers first stacked its two stages in a side-by-side configuration on Launch Pad 19 to prepare for the sequence compatibility test. That test, successfully carried out on Jan. 21, 1964, consisted of 30-second sequential static firings of the two stages. Following the test, workers vertically stacked the two stages and on March 5 mounted and mechanically mated the Gemini spacecraft to the second stage. Engineers completed a simulated countdown on April 2 and a simulated flight test on April 5, leading to the start of the countdown to launch on April 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642803\" height=\"230\" width=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg\" alt=\"Liftoff of Gemini 1 from Launch Pad 19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg 2322w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=232,300 232w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=768,992 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=793,1024 793w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=1189,1536 1189w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=1585,2048 1585w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=310,400 310w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=464,600 464w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=697,900 697w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=929,1200 929w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-8-launch-s64-21560.jpg?resize=1548,2000 1548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642804\" height=\"230\" width=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-9-launch.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Gemini 1 rising from Launch Pad 19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-9-launch.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-9-launch.jpg?resize=300,228 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-9-launch.jpg?resize=768,583 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-9-launch.jpg?resize=400,304 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-9-launch.jpg?resize=600,455 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642805\" height=\"230\" width=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-10-ascent-from-video.jpg\" alt=\"Gemini 1 continues its ascent to space\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-10-ascent-from-video.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-10-ascent-from-video.jpg?resize=224,300 224w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-10-ascent-from-video.jpg?resize=299,400 299w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-10-ascent-from-video.jpg?resize=448,600 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><br><em>Left: Liftoff of Gemini 1 from Launch Pad 19. Middle: Aerial view of Gemini 1 rising from Launch Pad 19. Right: Gemini 1 continues its ascent to space.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 8, 1964, at 11:00 a.m. EST, Gemini 1 lifted off from Launch Pad 19. The primary objectives of the mission included verifying the structural integrity of the Titan II launch vehicle and the Gemini spacecraft, and the ability of the rocket to place the spacecraft into the proper orbit. After five minutes and 37 seconds of powered flight, during which the expended first stage dropped away and the second stage completed the ascent, Gemini 1, still attached to the second stage, achieved orbit. The slightly higher than expected velocity imparted to the spacecraft resulted in placing it in an orbit 21 miles higher than expected, an anomaly not considered serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642806\" height=\"182\" width=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-11-mission-control-center-cape-canaveral.jpg\" alt=\"The Mission Control Center (MCC) at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-11-mission-control-center-cape-canaveral.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-11-mission-control-center-cape-canaveral.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-11-mission-control-center-cape-canaveral.jpg?resize=400,272 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642807\" height=\"182\" width=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg\" alt=\"In the MCC, Flight Directors Christopher C. Kraft, left, and John D. Hodge, monitor the Gemini 1 mission\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg 2231w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=264,300 264w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=768,872 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=902,1024 902w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=1352,1536 1352w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=1803,2048 1803w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=352,400 352w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=528,600 528w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=792,900 792w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=1057,1200 1057w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-12-mission-control-img-3467.jpg?resize=1761,2000 1761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642808\" height=\"182\" width=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg\" alt=\"In the auditorium of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, MSC Director Robert R. Gilruth introduces the Gemini 3 crew to the press\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg 3195w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=300,250 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=768,641 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=1024,855 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=1536,1282 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=2048,1710 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=400,334 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=600,501 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=900,751 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=1200,1002 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-13-gemini-3-crew-announcement-apr-13-1964-s64-19466.jpg?resize=2000,1669 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><br><em>Left: The Mission Control Center (MCC) at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Middle: In the MCC, Flight Directors Christopher C. Kraft, left, and John D. Hodge, monitor the Gemini 1 mission. Right: In the auditorium of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, MSC Director Robert R. Gilruth introduces the Gemini 3 crew to the press.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Gemini Mission Control Center at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Flight Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/johnson\/building-on-a-mission-the-project-management-building-home-to-the-centers-directors-part-2\/\">Christopher C. Kraft<\/a> led a team of flight controllers that monitored all aspects of the flight. The flight plan called for Gemini 1 to remain attached to its second stage for the duration of its mission that included only the first three orbits and ended about 4 hours 50 minutes after launch, with no plans to recover the spacecraft. The worldwide network continued to track Gemini 1 until it reentered the atmosphere on April 12, on its 64<sup>th<\/sup> orbit, over the southern Atlantic Ocean. Program managers declared the mission an unqualified success. The success of Gemini 1 led to optimism that NASA could carry out Gemini 2, a suborbital uncrewed test flight, in August 1964, followed by Gemini 3, the first crewed mission in November \u2013 the missions actually took place in January and March 1965, respectively. Riding on the optimism, on April 13, just five days after Gemini 1, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/johnson\/building-on-a-mission-the-auditorium-and-external-relations-office-building\/\">newly open auditorium<\/a> at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, MSC Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/20-years-ago-remembering-robert-gilruth\/\">Robert R. Gilruth<\/a> introduced the Gemini 3 crew to the press. NASA assigned Mercury 4 veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\">Virgil I. \u201cGus\u201d Grissom<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-nasa-selects-a-second-group-of-astronauts\/\">Group 2<\/a> astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-w-young\/\">John W. Young<\/a> as the prime crew, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-astronaut-schirra-orbits-the-earth-six-times-aboard-sigma-7\/\">Mercury 8<\/a> veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-walter-wally-schirra\/\">Walter M. Schirra<\/a> and Group 2 astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-thomas-stafford\/\">Thomas P. 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The three-orbit mission proved the structural integrity of the spacecraft and the launch vehicle, paving the way for a second uncrewed test flight and ultimately missions with astronauts. The primary goals of Project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":642797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2671],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[12664,11995],"coauthors":[11996],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-gemini-1-flies-a-successful-uncrewed-test-flight\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-gemini-1-flies-a-successful-uncrewed-test-flight\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg"},"articleSection":"NASA History","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"John Uri"}],"creator":["John Uri"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA History"],"dateCreated":"2024-04-09T12:32:08Z","datePublished":"2024-04-09T12:32:08Z","dateModified":"2024-04-09T12:32:09Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-gemini-1-flies-a-successful-uncrewed-test-flight\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2024-04-09T12:32:08Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"NASA History\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA History\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"John Uri\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":5,"time_ago":"4 weeks","featured_image":{"id":642797,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis.jpg","title":"gemini-1-2-gemini-spacecraft-at-mcdonnell-st-louis","alt":"Workers at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis examine a Gemini spacecraft mockup","caption":"Workers at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis examine a Gemini spacecraft mockup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642795"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642852,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642795\/revisions\/642852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642795"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=642795"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=642795"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=642795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}