Crew:
Charles Conrad [2], Commander
Richard Gordon [1], Pilot
Backup Crew:
Neil Armstrong, Commander
William Anders, Pilot
Launch:
Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
Pad: LC-19
Date: 12 September 1966
Time: 14:42:26 UTC
Flight:
Mission Duration: 2 days, 23 hours, 17 minutes, 8 seconds
Orbits: 44
EVA#1: 43 minutes
EVA#2: 2 hours, 10 minutes
Landing:
Date: 15 September 1966
Time: 13:59:34 UTC
Recovery:
Location: Atlantic Ocean (24° 15.4' N, 70° 0' W)
Vessel: USS Guam (LPH-9)
Docked with orbiting Agena rocket. The orbit was boosted and twice reached an apogee of 850.6 miles (1368.99 km), to allow the first view of the Earth as a full sphere. Gordon performed two spacewalks, one lasting about 2 hours. The first EVA was cut short (lasting a little over half an hour) due to extreme exhaustion. The second EVA was a stand up EVA and much less tiring.
Gemini XI is located at the California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA.
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