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The Gemini astronauts were sixteen pilots who flew in Project Gemini, NASA's second human spaceflight program, between projects Mercury and Apollo. Carrying two astronauts at a time, a senior command pilot and a junior pilot, the Gemini spacecraft was used for ten crewed missions. Four of the sixteen astronauts flew twice.
Project Gemini (IPA: / ˈ dʒ ɛ m ɪ n i /) was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. Conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development, Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966.
Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles. This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. [1]
Gemini 10: 21 July 1966 Gemini 10: First rendezvous with two different objects. 25 Pete Conrad (2) Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1) 12 September 1966 Gemini 11: 15 September 1966 Gemini 11: Held altitude record prior to lunar missions (1374 km). 26 Jim Lovell (2) Buzz Aldrin (1) 11 November 1966 Gemini 12: 15 November 1966 Gemini 12: First manual ...
Pages in category "Project Gemini missions" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Gemini 1;
Three of the Mercury astronauts, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper and Wally Schirra, also each flew a mission during the Gemini program. Alan Shepard was slated to fly Mercury 10 before its cancellation and was the original commander for the Gemini 3 mission, but did not fly due to a medical disqualification.
Gemini missions included the first American extravehicular activity, and new orbital maneuvers including rendezvous and docking. Gemini was originally seen as a simple extrapolation of the Mercury program, and thus early on was called Mercury Mark II. The actual program had little in common with Mercury and was superior to even Apollo in some ways
Gemini 3: 1965 July 14 USA First successful Mars flyby mission Mariner 4: 1965 December 15 USA First rendezvous of manned spacecraft Gemini 6A & Gemini 7: 1966 February 3 USSR First soft landing on another celestial body (the Moon) First photos from another celestial body Luna 9: 1966 March 1 USSR First hard landing on another planet (Venus ...