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Title	Gemini 8 Spacecraft
Subject	Science and Technology Space vehicles Armstrong, Neil, 1930- Astronauts Manned space flight Flight Aeronautics Rockets United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Place	Wapakoneta (Ohio) Auglaize County (Ohio) St. Louis (Missouri)
Description	The Gemini 8 spacecraft was flown into space by astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott in March 1966. The craft was launched by a Titan II rocket. During this mission, the astronauts performed the first rendezvous and docking in space. Near disaster brought the mission to an early end when a rocket thruster stuck open, causing the spacecraft to tumble out of control. Armstrong was able to regain control of the craft and make an emergency landing. The spacecraft measures 130" x 90" (3.3 x 2.28 m). Neil A. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. He received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University. After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. For the next 17 years he worked for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, he was a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft. Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962 and was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission, which was launched on March 16, 1966. As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.
Creator	McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
Date of Original	1960 - 1970
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution	Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum
Type	StillImage
Format	picture; objects

Title	Om1692_1782944_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1692_1782944_001.tif
Image Height	2000
Image Width	3008
File Size	1815.381 KB

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