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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
March 23, 1965

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launch

The Titan II booster rocket generated 530,000 pounds of thrust - the Mercury-Atlas only 367,000.

The rocket reached a velocity of 17,400 mph in just over 300 seconds - a rate of climb that was more than 10 times greater than what Young experienced while setting his second time-to-climb record in the F4 Phantom.

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Gemini 3 launch
Launched
March 23, 1965
9:24 a.m. - Pad 19
Landed
March 23, 1965
Orbits
3
Duration
4 hours, 53 minutes
Miss distance from landing zone
111.1km (60nm)
Recovery vehicle
USS Intrepid
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"...the lift-off was so smooth that neither of the astronauts realized they were off the pad until they saw that the clock on the instrument panel had started running..."
- Frank Borman, "Countdown", pg 116
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A minor problem which surfaced during the flight was a good indication of not only the intensity but also the necessity of the astronauts' training. During the first orbit, Young noticed a sudden drop in the oxygen pressure gauge. Calmly stepping through the check-list, he noticed the other gauges also had abnormal readings. This led Young to believe the instrument power supply was at fault. He switched from primary to secondary power and the gauges returned to normal. The entire problem, from start to finish, was resolved in 45 seconds.

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