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50 Years ago: The End of Gemini

Posted on November 11, 2016 by etiptree

  Gemini 12    Nov. 11-15, 1966   Walking out to Pad 19, to the waiting Titan II, our Gemini… Read more 50 Years ago: The End of Gemini

Gemini 11: Asleep in space

Posted on September 28, 2016 by etiptree

Fifty years ago… We’re flying over Houston, standing in the open hatch, floating above our seat two days after launch.  … Read more Gemini 11: Asleep in space

50 years ago: Gemini 10

Posted on July 18, 2016 by etiptree

  Gemini 10, John Young and Mike Collins, a standard three-day Gemini mission.  Of course none of them are standard… Read more 50 years ago: Gemini 10

50 years ago: The fog of spaceflight

Posted on June 5, 2016 by etiptree

Gemini 9   Exhausting.  From the start.  And now this.  So much to do on short 72-hour Gemini missions.  On… Read more 50 years ago: The fog of spaceflight

50 years ago today: Into the drink

Posted on May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 by etiptree

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

50 years ago today: Gemini 8

Posted on March 16, 2016 by etiptree

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

Posted on February 28, 2016February 28, 2016 by etiptree

      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

Posted on January 28, 2016 by etiptree

  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

Posted on December 15, 2015 by etiptree

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

Posted on December 4, 2015December 4, 2015 by etiptree

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

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