Project Gemini
Imagine you and a co-worker sitting in the front seats of an old VW Beetle. You close the doors and proceed to live in that confined space non-stop for several days. You cannot leave to go to the...
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As early as 1960, well before the first Mercury capsule ever flew, the Space Task Group was already studying an advanced type of spacecraft, tentatively called Mercury Mark II. NASA originally hoped...
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The Gemini spacecraft looked like the Mercury capsule, but if you peeled off the skin, you would see a profound difference. An onboard computer provided the capabilities for precision navigation and...
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James Lovell had been one of the 110 test pilots screened in 1959 as possible astronaut candidates. For several weeks he endured a series of absured and painful tests. The most ridiculous test had...
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Bill Anders had been trying for three years to become a test pilot. What he really wanted was to be an astronaut, and at that time one had to be a test pilot to even fill out an application. Then,...
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Two unmanned Gemini spacecraft were boosted into orbit atop their Titan II boosters and flew very successful missions in 1964. NASA considered the ship ready for its maiden voyage with a manned crew...
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1965 was the turning point in the space race. Bob Gilruth issued a statement calling it "a fabulous year for manned spaceflight." After the single Voshkod flight and space walk, no Russian had...
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On February 28, 1966, astronauts Elliot See and Charlie Basset flew to St. Louis by T-38, with their backup crew for Gemini IX, Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan, behind them in a second T-38. The...
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In the twenty-one months of Gemini, sixteen American astronauts went into space. Four of them -- Tom Stafford, John Young, Pete Conrad, and Jim Lovell, all members of the New Nine -- flew twice. Of...
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