Gemini VIII completes the first orbital docking
Date as reported
Neil Armstrong and David Scott docked Gemini VIII with its Agena target vehicle. First docking between spacecraft in orbit. A subsequent spacecraft-control emergency ended the mission early.
Historical significance
First docking between spacecraft in orbit.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Docking or berthing
- Mission
- Gemini VIII
- Programme
- Gemini
- Organization
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Participants
- Neil Armstrong, David Scott
- Destination
- earth orbit
- Target body
- Earth
- Country
- US
Context and qualifications
A subsequent spacecraft-control emergency ended the mission early.
Sources and attribution
- NASA — Gemini VIII first docking (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to NASA.