Keywords: Gemini 3 capsule seen from USS Intrepid (CVS-11) 1965.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CVS-11 alongside the Gemini 3 space capsule during recovery operations in the Atlantic Ocean on 23 March 1965 Flown by Virgil I Gus Grissom and naval aviator John W Young Gemini 3 was the first manned mission of Project Gemini which began and ended on the same day and lasted 4 hours 52 minutes and 31 seconds http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 24577 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1993 501 073 240 1965-03-23 CDR John C Redfield USCGR PD-USGov-Military-Navy Gemini 3 Aboard USS Intrepid CV-11 |