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Creation Date
12-15-1965
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December 15, 1965
CAPE KENNEDY, FLA. – Gemini 6, carrying Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, was successfully launched from Pad 19 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John F. Kennedy Space Center at 8:37 a.m. (EST) today, December 15, 1965. Gemini 6 is scheduled as a two-day mission in space. An attempt will be made to rendezvous Gemini 6 with Gemini 7.
Keywords
NASA, gemini, gemini 6, gemini vi, launch, launch vehicle