Gemini 9 We’re button in our Gemini capsule, aiming 11:41 EDT launch. Two countdowns are underway at once. Over… Read more 50 years ago today: Into the drink
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50 years ago today: Gemini 8
A wild ride in space * * March 16, 1966. We’re set to inaugurate the second half of Project… Read more 50 years ago today: Gemini 8
Project Gemini loses a crew
Elliot See and Charlie Bassett * Fifty years ago today, February 28 Gemini 9 coming down… Read more Project Gemini loses a crew
The stuff dreams are made of
Although the mission was barely a minute old, CNN’s Tom Minter was summing up the successful launch, milliseconds from… Read more The stuff dreams are made of
Influenced from above
Only an accident gave us pictures of a Gemini capsule in flight. If all had gone by the plan, Gemini… Read more Influenced from above
50th anniversary — a rendezvous in space
Gemini 7/6 December 4 – 18, 1965 * December. The first Christmas mission. Gemini 7 going first, launched under a… Read more 50th anniversary — a rendezvous in space
A promise unkept
Remembering the Saturn V on its anniversary * Today marks the 48th anniversary of the first launch of the Saturn… Read more A promise unkept
‘No Joy’
Space: Gemini 6 Oct. 25, 1965 Rendezvous, the key to the moon, to our future in space. Rendezvous,… Read more ‘No Joy’
Back to the past
Essays: Wednesday, October 21, 2015… I hadn’t seen the movie in years, had completely forgotten the year they… Read more Back to the past
50th anniversary — Eight Days or Bust!
Space: Gemini 5. Aug. 21-29, 1965 Endure. For the first time, a shot to beat the Russians. Capture… Read more 50th anniversary — Eight Days or Bust!
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