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Gemini 2 was the second spaceflight of the American human spaceflight program Project Gemini, and was launched and recovered on January 19, 1965. Gemini 2, like Gemini 1, was an uncrewed mission intended as a test flight of the Gemini spacecraft. Unlike Gemini 1, which was placed into orbit, Gemini 2 made a suborbital flight, primarily intended to test the spacecraft's heat shield. It was launched on a Titan II GLV rocket. The spacecraft used for the Gemini 2 mission was later refurbished into the Gemini B configuration, and was subsequently launched on another suborbital flight, along with OPS 0855, as a test for the US Air Force Manned Orbital Laboratory. Gemini spacecraft no. 2 was the first craft to make more than one spaceflight since the X-15, and the only one until a Soviet VA spacecraft was reused in 1978. Gemini Spacecraft no. 2 would remain the only American spacecraft to be reused since the X-15 until Space Shuttle Columbia flew its second mission in 1981; it would also be the only American space capsule to be reused until Crew Dragon Endeavour was launched a second time in 2021.

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1965  Wikimedia, Wikidata
uncrewed spaceflight, test flight, Titan II GLV, 

• Retro Space HD page^@ Gemini 2 Suborbital Mission - Full Launch Audio, Historical Footage, Narration, NASA, Titan II, 1965
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The planned mission for Gemini 2

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Retro Space HD page@	Gemini 2 Suborbital Mission - Full Launch Audio, Historical Footage, Narration, NASA, Titan II, 1965	Wikidata
commons	image		S64-40298		Commons
commons	image		Gemini2reentry		Commons
commons	image		The planned mission for Gemini 2		Commons
commons	image		Gemini2racks		Commons