Gemini 3

Gemini 3 was a 1965 manned space flight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the first manned Gemini flight, the ninth manned American flight and the 17th manned spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometres).

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• Virgil I. Grissom (flew on Mercury 4, Gemini 3, & Apollo 1), Command Pilot
• John W. Young (flew on Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, & STS-9), Pilot

Backup crew

• Walter M. Schirra, Command Pilot
• Thomas P. Stafford, Pilot

1965: 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar)....

NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. It is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research....

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Gemini 3 related Images and Photos (experimental)

Gemini	Gemini	Gemini I	Gemini Represented by the Twins
Gemini 4 Astronaut Edward H. White II Floating in Space During First American Spacewalk	Picture from Aboard Gemini 10 Floating 185 Miles Above the Earth August 5 1966	Picture from Aboard Gemini 10 Floating 185 Miles Above the Earth August 5 1966	Astronaut Charles A. Bassett II Participating in Gemini Training Program
Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Walter M. Schirra Leaving Capsule after Gemini 6 Splashdown	Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Thomas P. Stafford Preparing for Liftoff of Gemini 9