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A Gemini-Titan launch vehicle lifts Gemini 8 into orbit, March 16, 1966. The Gemini spacecraft was launched into an 86-by-147-nautical-mile (159 by 272 km) orbit by a modified Titan II on March 16, 1966 (coincidentally the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket by Dr. Robert H. Goddard), at 10:41:02 a.m. EST ...
In 2008, Air Force Space Command committed to lease Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 to Space Florida for future use by the Athena III launch system. [7] Following the soft-cancellation of the Athena III, Blue Origin leased Complex 36 in 2015 for their New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, [8] which performed its maiden launch in January 2025.
Gemini 1: First Gemini launch, first orbital Titan launch 9 April 20:00 Titan II: N-3A CCAFS LC-15: ... Gemini 8: Crewed flight 25 March 09:42 Titan II: B-16 VAFB LC ...
Two retired Titan II missiles are on display repainted as Gemini Launch Vehicles, along with a few replicas. A retired Titan II missile, repainted as GLV-3 12558 (Gemini 3), is on display at KSC Rocket Garden since 2010. [8] Another retired Titan II missile, repainted as GLV-9 12564 (Gemini 9A), is on display at the Stafford Air & Space Museum. [9]
Dec. 29—SpaceX managed to get two Starship orbital launch attempts under its belt in 2023, the first on April 20 and the second nearly seven months later on Nov. 18, both launching from the ...
Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian orbital space mission, lifted off at 8:02 p.m. ET from pad 39A at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian orbital space ...
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The year 1966 saw the peak and the end of the Gemini program.The program proved that docking in space and human EVA's could be done safely. It saw the first launch of the Saturn IB rocket, an important step in the Apollo program, and the launch of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on a celestial object (the Moon).