Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission of the Gemini program. Mission Command Pilot Gus Grissom and PilotJohn Young flew 3 orbits in a flight that was the last one to be operated from the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. The mission was considered a success and was the first flight to perform an orbital maneuver. Gemini 3 fired its engines for 1 minute and 14 seconds changing its orbit. The mission lasted 4 hours and 52 minutes. March 23, 1965 at 14:24 UTC · Launch Successful Titan II GLV — National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Crew: Gus Grissom and John Young The world's 421st orbital launch attempt, and 28th of 1965. Program: Gemini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu0EZ3dc400 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU5DXXXUO7s Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Mission patch: via The Space Devs.