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Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Space Stations/Crewed Spacecraft > Gemini > GEMINI-12

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GEMINI-12  

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  • Gemini 12 was the tenth and final flight of the Gemini series, which bridged the Mercury and Apollo programs. This mission was scheduled to perform rendezvous and docking with the Agena target vehicle, to conduct three extravehicular activity (EVA) operations, and to conduct a tethered station keeping exercise. There were also 14 scientific, medical, and technological experiments on board. The successfully performed scientific experiments were (1) frog egg growth under zero-g, (2) synoptic terrain photography, (3) synoptic weather photography, (4) nuclear emulsions, (5) airglow horizon photography, (6) UV astronomical photography, and (7) dim sky photography. Two micrometeorite collection experiments, as well as three space phenomena photography experiments, were not fully completed. There were fuel cell and attitude control thruster problems during the mission, which was otherwise highly successful. Reentry was accomplished after 59 orbits, with the spacecraft under automatic control. It landed within 4.8 km of the intended impact point on november 15, 1966. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GEMINI-12 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft Platform_Series_or_Entity: GEMINI Short_Name: GEMINI-12 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: gemini-12 End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 28.78 degrees Perigee: 243 km Apogee: 310 km End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-01-23 Online_Resource: http://www.astronautix.com/flights/gemini12.htm Sample_Image: http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/0/10074584.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1966-11-11 Primary_Sponsor: NASA End_Group End_Group (en)

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  • 2021-11-30 09:55:29.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (GEMINI-12 [3bd3a9c0-07cf-41eb-917d-d40162429a59,826147] - Space-based Platforms [b39a69b4-c3b9-4a94-b296-bbbbe5e4c847,835875]);
  • 2021-11-30 12:16:30.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (GEMINI-12 [3bd3a9c0-07cf-41eb-917d-d40162429a59,826147] - Solar/Space Observation Satellites [8e8b7689-0a8e-47a4-9c68-5f6a207104d5,826501]);
  • 2021-11-30 12:21:25.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (GEMINI-12 [3bd3a9c0-07cf-41eb-917d-d40162429a59,826147] - Space Stations/Crewed Spacecraft [388e72a1-b851-4b78-9e69-747e06ae215f,826132]);
  • 2021-11-30 12:22:38.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (GEMINI-12 [3bd3a9c0-07cf-41eb-917d-d40162429a59,826147] - GEMINI [443bd29e-d615-498d-8580-300249cb7695,826194]);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3bd3a9c0-07cf-41eb-917d-d40162429a59

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