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 Image #: Date: January 5, 1966

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