Gemini 2

Gemini 2
	The atmospheric re-entry of Gemini 2 viewed through a pilot's window
Mission type	Test flight
Operator	NASA
Mission duration	18 minutes, 16 seconds
Range	3,422.4 kilometers (1,847.9 nmi)
Apogee	171.1 kilometers (92.4 nmi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Gemini SC2
Manufacturer	McDonnell
Start of mission
Launch date	January 19, 1965, 14:03:59.861 UTC
Rocket	Titan II GLV, s/n 62-12557
Launch site	Cape Kennedy LC-19
End of mission
Recovered by	USS Lake Champlain
Landing date	January 19, 1965, 14:22:14 UTC
Landing site	16°36′N 49°46′W / 16.600°N 49.767°W
	Project Gemini ← Gemini 1 Gemini 3 →

Gemini 2 (Gemini-Titan 2; GT-2)^[2] was the second spaceflight of the American human spaceflight program Project Gemini, and was launched and recovered on January 19, 1965. Gemini 2, like Gemini 1, was an uncrewed mission intended as a test flight of the Gemini spacecraft. Unlike Gemini 1, which was placed into orbit, Gemini 2 made a suborbital flight, primarily intended to test the spacecraft's heat shield. It was launched on a Titan II GLV rocket. The spacecraft used for the Gemini 2 mission was later refurbished into the Gemini B configuration, and was subsequently launched on another suborbital flight, along with OPS 0855, as a test for the US Air Force Manned Orbital Laboratory. Gemini spacecraft no. 2 was the first craft to make more than one spaceflight since the X-15, and the only one until Space Shuttle Columbia flew its second mission in 1981; it would also be the only space capsule to be reused until Crew Dragon Endeavour was launched a second time in 2021.

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