Gemini 10

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

Duration: 254799
Mass: 1930
Orbital period: 95.19
Image: Agena Firing - GPN-2000-001355.jpg

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native label: Gemini 10
Commons category: Gemini 10
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1966-07-18
orbits completed: 43
UTC date of spacecraft landing: 1966-07-21
apoapsis: 756
periapsis: 299
orbital inclination: 28.8

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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.

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