Gemini 7

Gemini VII
	Gemini 7 as seen by Gemini 6A
Mission type	Endurance test
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1965-100A
SATCAT no.	1812
Mission duration	13 days, 18 hours, 35 minutes, 1 second
Distance travelled	9,030,000 kilometers (4,876,000 nautical miles)[citation needed]
Orbits completed	206
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Gemini SC7
Manufacturer	McDonnell
Launch mass	8,076 pounds (3,663 kg)
Landing mass	4,317.14 pounds (1,958.22 kg)
Crew
Crew size	2
Members	Frank F. Borman II; James A. Lovell Jr.;
Start of mission
Launch date	December 4, 1965, 19:30:03 UTC
Rocket	Titan II GLV, s/n 62-12562
Launch site	Cape Kennedy LC-19
End of mission
Recovered by	USS Wasp
Landing date	December 18, 1965, 14:05:04 UTC
Landing site	25°25.1′N 70°6.7′W / 25.4183°N 70.1117°W
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	299 kilometers (161 nautical miles)
Apogee altitude	302 kilometers (163 nautical miles)
Inclination	28.87 degrees Gemini 7 Mission Report (PDF) January 1966
Period	90.54 minutes
Epoch	December 9, 1965
	; (L-R) Lovell, Borman Project Gemini ← Gemini 5 Gemini 6A →

Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII)^[5] was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twenty-first crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line. The crew of Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.

^ Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (September 1974). "Chapter 12 Spirit of 76". On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. NASA History Series. Vol. SP-4203. NASA. p. 239. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
^ "Gemini 7, NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1965-100A". NASA. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Gemini 7 Mission Report (PDF) January 1966" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
^ Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (September 1974). "Chapter 11 Pillars of Confidence". On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. NASA History Series. Vol. SP-4203. NASA. p. 239. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-26. With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations.

[titans1-1] Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (September 1974). "Chapter 12 Spirit of 76". On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. NASA History Series. Vol. SP-4203. NASA. p. 239. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-26.

[nasa1-2] "Gemini 7, NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1965-100A". NASA. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[report-3] "Gemini 7 Mission Report (PDF) January 1966" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[satcat-4] McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved March 23, 2014.

[titans-5] Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (September 1974). "Chapter 11 Pillars of Confidence". On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. NASA History Series. Vol. SP-4203. NASA. p. 239. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-26. With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations.

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