Gemini AF-2 (Blue Gemini 6) Spacecraft: (no serial number) Launch Vehicle: Titan II Scheduled Launch: 1 Jul 1965 Last Scheduled: 1 Oct 1962 Prime Crew	⇑ Mission List ⇑ Designation: Gemini T2 M O-X-1 Description: 1st Gemini Titan II manned USAF extended orbital
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Duration: 0.20 days Decay Date: 1965-03-23 USAF Sat Cat: 1301 COSPAR: 1965-024A Apogee: 240 km (140 mi) Perigee: 160 km (90 mi) Inclination: 33.0000 deg Period: 88.40 min First manned test flight of Gemini. It was the first maneuverable manned spacecraft. The crew fired thrusters to change the shape of their orbit, shift their orbital plane slightly, and drop to a lower altitude. References: Grimwood, James M., and Hacker, Barton C., with Vorzimmer, Peter J. Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology (1969), NASA SP-4002. Hacker, Barton C., and Grimwood, James M. On Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. (1977 hardbound and soft bound; reprinted softbound in January 2002), NASA SP-4203. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Wikipedia.