The mission included the first American spacewalk. The Gemini program was designed as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programs, primarily to test equipment and mission procedures in Earth orbit and to train astronauts and ground crews for future Apollo missions. The main objective of this experiment was to analyze light nuclei, which leave tracks on special light sensitive material. in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University in 1953. The primary objective of the Gemini XI mission was to rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena target vehicle 5006 (GATV-5006). Gemini 12 was the final Gemini mission. Gemini 4 was the second crewed mission of the Gemini series and carried James McDivitt and Edward White on a 4-day, 62-orbit, 98-hr flight from June 3 to June 7, 1965. Ultraviolet Stellar Spectroscopy on Gemini 11 Abstract. Crew Charles Conrad Jr., Mission Commander, was born on June 2, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He received a B.S. It was the 17th manned American flight and the 25th spaceflight to that time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (Template:Convert/round nmi)). Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was the second crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini, occurring in June 1965.It was the tenth crewed American spaceflight (including two X-15 flights at altitudes exceeding 100 kilometers (54 nmi)). Objective-prism and objective-grating spectrograms were obtained in six star fields during the Gemini 11 mission. The Gemini Ion Wake Measurement experiment was conducted during the G-10 and G-11 missions to investigate a method for mapping the actual wake of a vehicle. Gemini 10 (officially Gemini X) was a 1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program.It was the 8th crewed Gemini flight, the 16th crewed American flight, and the 24th spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (54 nautical miles)). The primary objective of the Gemini XI mission was to rendezvous with the Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV) during the first revolution and dock. It was the twelfth crewed American flight and the twenty-second crewed spaceflight of all time (including two X-15 flights higher than the Kármán Line at 100 kilometers (54 nautical miles; 62 miles; 328,084 feet)). This Gemini mission gave us the first view of Earth as a sphere, and was also the first American flight to have a computer-controlled reentry. Gemini XI was launched on September 12, 1966, with Charles Conrad, Jr. serving as commander of the mission and Richard F. Gordon, Jr. serving as pilot. Template:Infobox spaceflight Gemini 11 (officially Gemini XI)) was the ninth manned spaceflight mission of NASA's Project Gemini, which flew from September 12 to 15, 1966. The major objectives of this mission were nearly the same as for Gemini 11. Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was the sixth crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program, launched March 16, 1966. Gemini 11 took astronauts Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad into space, setting an altitude record of 1,400 kilometers (850 miles). Chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962, he was the pilot of Gemini 5, backup command pilot for Gemini 8, command pilot for Gemini 11, and backup commander for Apollo 9. Five maneuvers completed the spacecraft/GATV rendezvous at 1 hour 25 minutes ground elapsed time, and the two vehicles docked nine minutes later.