Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A) [2] was a 1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the seventh crewed Gemini flight, the 15th crewed American flight and the 23rd spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (62 mi; 54 nmi)).

May 28, 2024 · Gemini IX-A was the seventh crewed Earth-orbiting mission of the Gemini series. It carried astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan.

Gemini 9A was the seventh crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. It carried astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan.

The Gemini 9A spacecraft began moving away from the ATDA at a mission elapsed time of 22 hours, 59 minutes. Although a spacewalk by astronaut Cernan was scheduled for the second day of the mission, it was postponed due to crew fatigue, and the crew devoted their second day in space to experiments.

Jun 7, 2021 · In November 1965, NASA named spaceflight rookies Elliott M. See and Charles A. Bassett as the prime crew for Gemini IX, with Thomas P. Stafford, already assigned to Gemini VI at the time, and Eugene A. Cernan as their backups.

May 29, 2024 · Photos from the seventh crewed Gemini mission: Gemini IX. Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan demonstrated rendezvous and docking with a target vehicle and a spacewalk.

Aug 11, 2020 · Launch from Cape Canaveral and landing 500 km east of Cape Canaveral in the Atlantic Ocean. The Gemini spacecraft was a cone-shaped capsule consisting of two components, a reentry module and an adaptor module. …

After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Stafford was commissioned in the United States Air Force, flying the F-86 Sabre before becoming a test pilot. He was selected to become an astronaut in 1962, and flew aboard Gemini 6A in 1965 and Gemini 9A in 1966. In 1969, he commanded Apollo 10, the second crewed mission to orbit the Moon.

It is one of the few, extremely rare space artifacts in private hands to have achieved low Earth orbit, lunar orbit, and to have landed on the lunar surface.

Gemini 9A (cancelled) - . Crew: Bassett, See. Backup Crew: Cernan, Stafford. Nation: USA. Flight: Gemini 9A. Spacecraft: G4C AMU, Gemini. Elliot See and Charlie Bassett were the prime crew for Gemini 9. On February 28, 1966, they were flying in a NASA T-38 trainer to visit the McDonnell plant in St Louis, where their spacecraft was in assembly.