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RE: Gemini 6A mission

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Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 manned United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program.
Launch date: December 15, 1965
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Blobrana · L

Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 manned United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission achieved the first manned rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini 7.
The first launch attempt of Gemini 6A was on December 12, 1965 at 9:54AM EST. All went well right up to ignition - in fact the engines did ignite, but then a plug fell out of the bottom of the rocket, starting the onboard computer. This was not meant to happen until the rocket had actually lifted off, and the onboard computer detected that there was no upwards motion, causing it to abort the launch.
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