Gemini 9A

Gemini 9A 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. The original crew for Gemini 9, command pilot Elliot See and pilot Charles Bassett, were killed in a crash on February 28, 1966, while flying a T-38 jet trainer to the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. Louis, Missouri to inspect their spacecraft. Their deaths promoted the backup crew, Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan, to the prime crew. The mission was renamed Gemini 9A after the original May 17 launch was scrubbed when the mission's Agena Target Vehicle was destroyed after a launch failure. The mission was flown June 3–6, 1966, after launch of the backup Augmented Target Docking Adaptor (ATDA). Stafford and Cernan rendezvoused with the ATDA, but were unable to dock with it because the nose fairing had failed to eject from the docking target due to a launch preparation error. Cernan performed a two-hour extravehicular activity, during which it was planned for him to demonstrate free flight in a self-contained rocket pack, the USAF Astronaut Maneuvering Unit. He was unable to accomplish this due to stress, fatigue, and overheating.

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Gemini 9 on orbit

Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini-9A prime crew command pilot

Stafford and Cernan at launch pad on Gemini 9A launch day

Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, pilot of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini-9A spaceflight

Morocco and the Spanish Sahara on Earth

Eastern Algeria and Libya, Africa, on the Earth

Sierra Madre Oriental mountains and the Gulf of Mexico on Earth

Thomas P. Stafford (foreground), command pilot, and Eugene A. Cernan

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
incident	incident		[[1]]		Wikidata
link	page		Retro Space HD page@	Gemini 9A Full Mission - Audio, Footage, Narration, ATV, ATDA, Alligator, Stafford, Cernan, EVA	Wikidata
commons	image		Gemini 9 on orbit		Commons
commons	image		Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini-9A prime crew command pilot		Commons
commons	image		Stafford and Cernan at launch pad on Gemini 9A launch day		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, pilot of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini-9A spaceflight		Commons
commons	image		Morocco and the Spanish Sahara on Earth		Commons
commons	image		Eastern Algeria and Libya, Africa, on the Earth		Commons
commons	image		Sierra Madre Oriental mountains and the Gulf of Mexico on Earth		Commons
commons	image		Thomas P. Stafford (foreground), command pilot, and Eugene A. Cernan		Commons
commons	image		S66-38312		Commons
commons	image		S66-35841		Commons