The Actual Gemini IX Crew
The Gemini IX backup crew members were, Commander, Thomas P. Stafford and pilot Eugene A. Cernan. The back-up crew became the prime crew when on February 28, 1966, the original prime crew for the Gemini IX mission was killed when their twin seat T- 38 trainer jet aircraft crashed into a building during a landing approach in bad weather.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s66-15621
Date: January 5, 1966
The Actual Gemini IX Crew
The Gemini IX backup crew members were, Commander, Thomas P. Stafford and pilot Eugene A. Cernan. The back-up crew became the prime crew when on February 28, 1966, the original prime crew for the Gemini IX mission was killed when their twin seat T- 38 trainer jet aircraft crashed into a building during a landing approach in bad weather.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s66-15621
Date: January 5, 1966