Mission Date 



Mercury 6 (MA-6) 2/20/62 

 (John Glenn) 



Mercury 7 (MA-7) 5/24/62 

 (Scott Carpenter) 



Mercury 8 (MA-8) 10/3/62 

 (Walter M. Shirra 

 Jr.) 



Mercury 9 (MA-9) 5/15/63 

 (L. Gordon Cooper) 



Gemini III 3/23/65 



(Virgil I. Grissom, 

 John W. Young) 



Gemini IV 6/3-7/65 



(James A. McDivitt, 

 Edward H. White) 



Gemini V 8/21-29/ 



(L. Gordon Cooper, 65 

 Charles Conrad, Jr.) 



Gemini VII 12/4-18/ 



( Frank Borman , 65 



James A. Lovell, 

 Jr.) 



Gemini VI-A 12/15-16/ 



(Walter M. Schirra, 65 

 Jr . , Thomas P . 

 Stafford) 



Gemini VIII 3/16-17/ 



(Neil A. Armstrong, 66 

 David R. Scott) 



0V1-4 (U.S. Air Force) 3/30/66 



Duration 



4h , 55m 

 (3 rev) 



4h , 56m 

 (3 rev) 



9h,13m 

 (6 rev) 



34h,20m 

 (22 rev) 



4h,53m 

 (3 rev) 



97h,40m 

 (62 rev) 



190h,56m 

 (120 rev) 



330h,35m 

 (206 rev) 



25h,51m 

 (15 rev) 



10h,42m 

 (7 rev) 



Comments 

 First manned orbital flight 



Yaw error caused landing 250 mi 

 downrange - recovery in 3 hrs. 



720h 



Gemini IX 



5/17/66 



First 2-man space flight; sea 

 urchin experiment failed. 



First Extra-Vehicular Activity 

 (EVA) 22 min. 



Demonstrated physiological feasi- 

 bility of lunar mission. 



Extension of physiological test- 

 ing. Evaluated light-weight 

 pressure suit. 



Conducted rendezvous with Gemini 

 VII. 



Rendezvous and dock with Agena 

 target vehicle. 



Non-recoverable satellite 

 containing Spirodella & 

 Chlorella ; Chlorella experiment 

 failed inflight. 



Not launched. 



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