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Gemini 3

The first crewed Gemini mission, carrying Gus Grissom and John Young on a three-orbit test flight of the Gemini spacecraft.

Gemini 3 — NASA/JSC · Stored JPEG is a resized rendition of NASA archive item s65-23488 (stored/public 1024x1024 SHA-256 87189e1feeb2eeb8d1b1b7951c05f12383e518882f00ffc8e9705c7d21b7d931; authoritative 1280x1280 medium asset SHA-256 87b78ce7b15fbcb76980f6f338b525acec16596fd00bb45cd6408008c0da8206). A full-frame resize of the authoritative asset to the stored dimensions yielded MAE 2.89, RMSE 3.98, and Pearson correlation 0.99857, conclusively identifying the stored derivative. NASA's archive metadata identifies s65-23488 as a March 23, 1965 photograph of astronaut John W. Young during Gemini-Titan 3 suiting operations and identifies the Johnson Space Center (JSC) archive center: https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?nasa_id=s65-23488. NASA's current Images and Media Usage Guidelines state that NASA content is generally available for factual or informational use, while third-party material remains protected; NASA should be acknowledged, commercial use must not imply NASA endorsement, and NASA logos and identifiers are protected: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/. This is an asset-level, conservative reuse basis under NASA's current guidance, not a blanket license. · Source

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Aliases: Molly BrownGT-3
Name: Gemini 3
Status: completed

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Description: The first crewed Gemini mission, carrying Gus Grissom and John Young on a three-orbit test flight of the Gemini spacecraft.
End Date: 1965-03-23
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Outcome: Success
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Start Date: 1965-03-23
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Official Url: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/gemini-3/

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Creation Time: June 29, 2026 at 04:59:29 UTC
Updated Time: July 29, 2026 at 08:53:18 UTC
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