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Gemini XII
| Mission Number: GT-12 | 11-15 November 1966 |
Crew:
Backup Crew:
L.
Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Eugene
A. Cernan
Launch:
Pad: LC 19
Date: 11 November 1966
Time: 20:46:33 UTC
Flight:
Orbits: 59
Duration: 3 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, 31 seconds
EVA 1: 2 hours, 18 minutes
EVA 2: 2 hours, 9 minutes
EVA 3: 1 hour, 11 minutes
Landing:
Location: Atlantic Ocean (24° 35' N, 69° 57' W)
Vessel: USS
Wasp (CVS-18)
Date: 15 November 1966
Time: 19:22:04 UTC
The crew docked with an Agena rocket visually, without aid of a computer. Aldrin performed 3 EVAs totaling over 5 hours. The Gemini XII EVAs were much less stressful than on previous flights. This was due to better training (underwater simulation in addition to zero-g aircraft flights), better hardware (hand holds, hand rails, hooks for tethers), and better planning.
Gemini XII is located at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.