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Gemini 3 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. Gemini 3 (NASA Code: GT-3) Launch Date: March 23, 1965. Launch Time: 9:24:00 a.m. EST. Launch Site: Launch Complex 19. Launch Vehicle: Gemini-Titan II GLV-3 (GT-3) Capsule: Gemini Spacecraft Number 3. Capsule Nickname: Molly Brown. Crew: Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Command Pilot. John W. Young, Pilot ...
Mar 27, 2023 · The 109-foot Titan II rocket would do the job with a first stage thrust of 430,000 pounds lifting off from Launch Pad 19 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. Gemini Titan III lifts off Launch Pad 19 at 9:24 a.m. EST on March 23, 1965. The Gemini spacecraft “Molly Brown” boosted astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young on three orbits around the Earth.
Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission in NASA's Project Gemini and was the first time two American astronauts flew together into space. On March 23, 1965, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young flew three low Earth orbits in their spacecraft, which they nicknamed Molly Brown.
Description. Gemini 3 was the first crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. It was piloted by astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young, with the primary objective of demonstrating the crewed qualifications of the Gemini spacecraft including evaluation of the two-man Gemini design, the worldwide tracking network, the orbit ...
Mar 22, 2018 · published 22 March 2018. Page 1 of 4: Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. A Stunning Display. NASA. On March 23, 1965, NASA launched the Gemini 3 mission, NASA's first crewed flight of the Gemini program,...
Mar 24, 2020 · Mar 23, 2020. 4 min read. The Unsinkable Molly Brown: Fifty-Five Years since Gemini 3. Updated: Mar 24, 2021. Fifty-five years ago today, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young took to the skies in the first manned Gemini flight, Gemini 3. It was the seventh manned US spaceflight and the fifteenth crewed spaceflight overall.
Jun 6, 2020 · Gemini 3 was the maiden flight of the new Gemini capsule. For the first time, there were two astronauts on board and Virgil Grissom became the first in spaceflight history, who flew twice. His first mission was the ballistic flight of Mercury 4.
