Gemini 8
Gemini 8 flew Neil Armstrong and David Scott. The crew completed the first docking in space, then ended the mission early after a spacecraft thruster malfunction forced an emergency return.
Identity
- Aliases
- Gemini VIIIGT-8
- Name
- Gemini 8
- Slug
- gemini-8
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Gemini 8 flew Neil Armstrong and David Scott. The crew completed the first docking in space, then ended the mission early after a spacecraft thruster malfunction forced an emergency return.
- End Date
- 1966-03-16
- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Partial success
- Program
- Gemini
- Start Date
- 1966-03-16
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7g6kskw4ktxy21pfw6vyntv185kf6z
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/gemini-viii/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 6/29/2026, 5:19:08 AM
- Updated Time
- 6/29/2026, 5:19:08 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Operator
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
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- Role
- Command Pilot
- Astronaut Id
- td760m2a0seep6srfxvrrcnfd986mgqw
- Role
- Pilot