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This commemorative patch marks the Gemini 3 mission, the first piloted spaceflight in America's second human spaceflight program. On March 23, 1965, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom and John W. Young in their capsule Molly Brown were boosted into orbit by a Gemini-Titan II rocket. They orbited the Earth three times and during that period successfully tested the new Gemini spacecraft.

Although the first NASA mission patches was not created until Gemini 5 later in 1965, designs for earlier missions were created retroactively to allow collectors and the public to commemorate all of NASA's human spaceflights. Although the early Gemini missions were numbered with Arabic numerals, later flights used Roman numerals. This patch was made by an unknown manufacturer for commercial sale.

Mance Clayton donated this patch to the National Collection in 1982.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type MEMORABILIA-Events Dimensions 3-D: 7.6 × 7.6 × 0.2cm (3 in. × 3 in. × 1/16 in.)
 Materials Fabric
Thread
Adhesive
 Inventory Number A19820387000 Credit Line Gift of Mance Clayton Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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