Gemini VIII - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator

Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was the sixth manned spaceflight in NASA’s Gemini program. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The crew was returned to Earth safely. Gemini 8 launch and ascent were nominal, was successful on March 16, 1966, 16:41:02 UTC. The crew, Neil Armstrong and David Scott. The rendezvo