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Also known as Gemini X

1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program

Key facts

Mission type
Space rendezvous Spacecraft docking Extravehicular activity
Operator
NASA
Cospar id
1966-066A
Mission duration
2 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds
Spacecraft
Gemini SC10
Manufacturer
McDonnell
Launch mass
8,296 pounds (3,763 kg)
Landing mass
4,254 pounds (1,930 kg)
Members
John W. Young Michael Collins
Eva duration
1 hour, 28 minutes
Launch date
July 18, 1966, 22:20:26 ( 1966-07-18UTC22:20:26Z ) UTC
Rocket
Titan II GLV , s/n #62-12565
Launch site
Cape Kennedy LC-19
Recovered by
USS Guadalcanal
Landing date
July 21, 1966, 21:07:05 ( 1966-07-21UTC21:07:06Z ) UTC
Landing site
26°45′N 71°57′W / 26.750°N 71.950°W / 26.750; -71.950 ( Gemini 10 splashdown )
Reference system
Geocentric
Regime
Low Earth orbit

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Wikidata facts

Operator
NASA
Followed by
Gemini 11
Follows
Gemini 9A
Duration
254799
Mass
1930
Orbital period
95.19
Image
Agena Firing - GPN-2000-001355.jpg
Significant event
splashdown
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type of orbit
low Earth orbit
native label
Gemini 10
Commons category
Gemini 10
UTC date of spacecraft launch
1966-07-18
space launch vehicle
Titan II GLV
crew members
Michael Collins
orbits completed
43
UTC date of spacecraft landing
1966-07-21
apoapsis
756
periapsis
299
orbital inclination
28.8
location of landing
Atlantic Ocean
backup or reserve team or crew
Clifton Williams
recovered by
USS Guadalcanal
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Encyclopedic overview

Gemini 10 (officially Gemini X) was a 1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the 8th crewed Gemini flight, the 16th crewed American flight, and the 24th spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (62 miles; 54 nautical miles)). During the mission, flown by command pilot John Young and pilot Michael Collins, Collins became the first person to perform two extravehicular activities.

Crew

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gemini 10” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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