Gemini 7
Gemini 7 was a long-duration NASA Gemini mission launched on December 4, 1965, with Frank Borman as command pilot and James Lovell as pilot. The flight tested whether crew and spacecraft systems could operate for nearly two weeks in Earth orbit, including medical, spacecraft, and technology experiments. It also served as the target vehicle for Gemini 6A, which rendezvoused and station-kept with Gemini 7 on December 15, marking the first crewed rendezvous between two spacecraft. Gemini 7 remained in orbit after Gemini 6A returned and splashed down in the western Atlantic on December 18, 1965.
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- Gemini VII
- Name
- Gemini 7
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Gemini 7 was a long-duration NASA Gemini mission launched on December 4, 1965, with Frank Borman as command pilot and James Lovell as pilot. The flight tested whether crew and spacecraft systems could operate for nearly two weeks in Earth orbit, including medical, spacecraft, and technology experiments. It also served as the target vehicle for Gemini 6A, which rendezvoused and station-kept with Gemini 7 on December 15, marking the first crewed rendezvous between two spacecraft. Gemini 7 remained in orbit after Gemini 6A returned and splashed down in the western Atlantic on December 18, 1965.
- End Date
- 1965-12-18
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- Outcome
- Success
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- Start Date
- 1965-12-04
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- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/gemini-vii/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_7
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- July 7, 2026 at 07:35:22 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:33 UTC
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