Gemini 8

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Gemini 8 was a 1966 NASA crewed spaceflight in the Gemini program, notable for achieving the first successful docking of two spacecraft in orbit and for a critical in-flight emergency that tested astronaut Neil Armstrong’s piloting skills.

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AI-generated illustration of Gemini 8

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Gemini 8 (Gemini 8 was a 1966 NASA crewed spaceflight in the Gemini program, notable for achieving the first successful docking of two spacecraft in orbit and for a critical in-flight emergency that tested astronaut Neil Armstrong’s piloting skills.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gemini 8 canonical 26
Gemini 8 spacecraft 2
Gemini 8 docking mission (as depicted in First Man) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gemini program mission ⓘ
crewed spaceflight ⓘ
achievement first crewed docking in spaceflight history ⓘ
first successful docking of two spacecraft in Earth orbit ⓘ
callSign Gemini 8 ⓘ
commander Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ
commanderLaterMission Neil A. Armstrong commanded Apollo 11 ⓘ
linked to: Neil A. Armstrong
country United States ⓘ
crewMember David R. Scott ⓘ
Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ
crewNationality American ⓘ
crewSize 2 ⓘ
dockingTarget Agena Target Vehicle ⓘ
Gemini Agena Target Vehicle 8 ⓘ
emergencyEvent uncontrolled roll due to stuck reaction control thruster ⓘ
emergencyResponse use of reentry control system to stop spacecraft roll ⓘ
followedBy Gemini 9A ⓘ
landingDate 1966-03-17 ⓘ
landingSite Pacific Ocean ⓘ
launchDate 1966-03-16 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 ⓘ
LC-19 ⓘ
launchVehicle Titan II GLV ⓘ
launchYear 1966 ⓘ
missionDuration approximately 10 hours 41 minutes ⓘ
missionNumber 8 ⓘ
missionObjective conduct orbital operations and engineering tests ⓘ
rendezvous and docking with Agena Target Vehicle ⓘ
missionOutcome partial success ⓘ
notableFor first on-orbit docking of two spacecraft ⓘ
testing Neil Armstrong’s piloting skills during a critical in-flight emergency ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitalInclination 28.9 degrees ⓘ
orbitRegime low Earth orbit ⓘ
pilot David R. Scott ⓘ
pilotLaterMission David R. Scott commanded Apollo 15 ⓘ
precededBy Gemini 7 ⓘ
program Project Gemini ⓘ
linked to: Gemini program
recoveryBy USS Leonard F. Mason ⓘ
resultOfEmergency early deorbit and landing ⓘ
premature mission termination ⓘ
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA
spacecraftManufacturer McDonnell Aircraft Corporation ⓘ
linked to: McDonnell Douglas
spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft ⓘ
status completed mission with emergency early termination ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gemini program → notableMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Gemini 8 → callSign → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Titan II GLV → usedForMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Gemini 7 → followedBy → Gemini 8 ⓘ
First Man → portraysEvent → Gemini 8 mission ⓘ
linked to: Gemini 8
Gemini 9A → previousMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
LC-19 → launchedMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Agena Target Vehicle → firstSuccessfulDockingWith → Gemini 8 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Gemini 8
David R. Scott → spaceMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
USS Leonard F. Mason → recovered → Gemini 8 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Gemini 8
David R. Scott → spaceMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Neil A. Armstrong → mission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
subject linked to: New Nine
David Scott → spaceMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
GTA-9A → previousMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
GTA-9A → precededBy → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Gemini 9 → precededBy → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Gemini program → notableMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
subject linked to: Gemini
Neil Armstrong → mission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
Docking Waltz → basedOnEvent → Gemini 8 docking mission (as depicted in First Man) ⓘ
linked to: Gemini 8
David R. Scott → flewOn → Gemini 8 ⓘ
subject linked to: The Fourteen
David R. Scott → spaceMission → Gemini 8 ⓘ
subject linked to: astronaut David R. Scott