Gemini 7

Also known as Gemini VII

1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program

Key facts

Mission type: Endurance test
Operator: NASA
Cospar id: 1965-100A
Satcat number span no: 01812
Mission duration: 13 days, 18 hours, 35 minutes, 1 second
Distance travelled: 9,030,000 km (4,876,000 nmi)
Spacecraft: Gemini SC7
Manufacturer: McDonnell
Launch mass: 3,663 kg (8,076 lb)
Landing mass: 1,958.22 kg (4,317.14 lb)
Members: Frank Borman Jim Lovell
Launch date: December 4, 1965, 19:30:03 ( 1965-12-04UTC19:30:03Z ) UTC
Rocket: Titan II GLV , s/n 62-12562
Launch site: Cape Kennedy , LC-19
Recovered by: USS Wasp
Landing date: December 18, 1965, 14:05:04 ( 1965-12-18UTC14:05:05Z ) UTC
Landing site: Atlantic Ocean southwest of Bermuda ( 25°25′N 70°06′W / 25.42°N 70.10°W / 25.42; -70.10 ( Gemini 7 splashdown ) )
Reference system: Geocentric orbit

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 19835
Mass: 1958.22
Orbital period: 90.54
Image: Gemini 7 Crew (Lovell und Borman).jpg

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Commons category: Gemini 7
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1965-12-04
orbits completed: 206
UTC date of spacecraft landing: 1965-12-18
apoapsis: 302
periapsis: 299
orbital inclination: 28.9
native label: Gemini 7

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Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII) was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twentieth crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line. The crew of Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.

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