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Capsule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Gemini SC8

Gemini SC8 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 8 mission launched on March 16, 1966 and crewed by astronauts Neil Armstrong (command pilot) and David Scott (pilot).

Gemini SC8 spacecraft

Configuration

Gemini

Recorded flights

1

Time in space

10h 40m 58s

Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Vehicle profile

Human transportation to low Earth orbit.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.